When a Palestinian mother and her 16-year-old son immigrate to small town Illinois during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, they face the hardships of racism, discrimination and unemployment in their adopted homeland. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes in 2009. Directed by Cherien Dabis and stars Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem and Alia Shawkat. (From the US, in Arabic and English) (Drama) (2009)
Amreeka
