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Contemporary World Cinema "Amreeka"
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Directed by Cherien Dabis
USA/Canada, 2009
Color
97 Minutes
English and Arabic
Show Times:
Sat., Sep. 12 6:00 PM
Introduced by director Cherien Dabis
Amreeka chronicles the adventures of Muna, a single mother who leaves the West Bank with Fadi, her teenage son, with dreams of an exciting future in the promised land of small-town Illinois. In America, as her son navigates high school hallways the way he used to move through military checkpoints, the indomitable Muna scrambles together a new life, cooking up falafel burgers as well as hamburgers at the local White Castle. With heartfelt humor, Amreeka tells the universal story of a family of immigrants and first-generation teenagers. Caught between their heritage and the new world in which they now live, theirs is a bittersweet search for a place to call home.
Named one of Variety´s "Ten Directors to Watch" in 2009, award-winning independent filmmaker Cherien Dabis makes her feature writing and directorial debut with Amreeka, which premiered to both audience and critical acclaim in U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. At its international premiere in the Cannes Film Festival´s Director´s Fortnight, Amreeka won the FIPRESCI Prize.
This film is part of the Contemporary World Cinema film series.
Cosponsored by the Houston Palestine Film Festival and Women in Film & Television/Houston.
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MFAH Films: Interview with director Cherien Dabis (Amreeka)
MFAH film curator Marian Luntz and Hadeel Assali of the Houston Palestine Film Festival speak with Cherien Dabis, director of the film Amreeka. Ms. Dabis will be at the MFAH to introduce her film on September 12.
Amreeka
Saturday, September 12 at 6 p.m.
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