Palestinian single mother Muna Faraha (Nisreen Faour) had completely forgotten about the green card application when it gets accepted. Unwillingly, she makes her way to the land of opportunities, where she must sell burgers in rural Illinois and where her son is treated as a terrorist by his fellow pupils. A melancholy comedy about migrant children in the first generation, torn between their ethnic roots and the Western world.

Director: Cherien Dabis

Screenplay: Cherien Dabis

Cast: Nisreen Faour Melkar Muallem Hiam Abbass Alia Shawkat

Producer: Christina Piovesan Paul Barkin

Orig. Titel: Amreeka
Section: Agenda 11
Original language: English/Arabic
Filmtype: Fiction Feature
Music: Kareem Roustom
DoP: Tobias Datum
Set Designer: Aidan Leroux
Editor: Keith Reamer
Format: 35 mm

World Sales: E1 Films International, 175 Bloor Street East, Suite, 1400, M4W3R8 Toronto, Canada, email: dsowter@e1ent.com
Production Company: First Generation Films