Edition |
Widescreen. |
Description |
1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Cast |
Hiam Abbass. |
System Details |
DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital. |
Credits |
Screenplay, Cherien Dabis ; producer, Paul Barkin... [et al.] ; music, Kareem Roustom ; cinematography, Tobias Datum ; editor, Keith Reamer. |
Performer |
Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem, Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat. |
Audience |
Rating: PG-13; for brief drug use involving teens and some language. |
Summary |
Muna Farah, a Palestinian single mom, struggles to maintain her optimistic spirit in the daily grind of intimidating West Bank checkpoints, the constant nagging of a controlling mother, and the haunting shadows of a failed marriage. Everything changes one day when she receives a letter informing her that her family has been granted a U.S. green card. |
Note |
Special features: featurette; blooper reel; deleted scenes. |
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Title from container. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Palestinian Arabs -- United States -- Drama.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Drama.
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Arab American families -- Drama.
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Arab American women -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Dabis, Cherien, 1976- Director. Screenwriter.
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Faour, Nisreen, 1972- Actor.
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Muallem, Melkar. Actor.
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Abbass, Hiam. Actor.
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Virgil Films
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Standard No. |
829567066621 |
Music No. |
670666 Virgil Films |
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