Product Details

• Actors: Yussuf Abu-Warda, Hiam Abbass, Jeff Sutton, Alia Shawkat, Amer Hlehel
• Directors: Cherien Dabis
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Virgil Films and Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002T921C0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,970 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Amreeka" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

AMREEKA - DVD Movie

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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece, October 31, 2009

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Dr. Peter J. Glassman (Vancouver, British Columbia) - See all my reviews
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"Amreeka" is a masterpiece: heartbreaking, moving, complex, fierce, tender. Extraordinary writing, sublime acting, and haunting visual and aural landscapes. This work brings to one of the most tragic situations in contemporary history a most sophisticated, generous moral imagination: outrage, understanding, anguish, humor.

"Amreeka" will transform every viewer's percepts. Please see it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars every high school teacher should see this!, August 4, 2010

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Lisa Barnes (Vancouver Island BC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Amreeka (DVD)

As there is so little responsible, empathic depictions of Arabs and especially Palestinians in the current media, this movie is a breath of fresh air. It accurately and endearingly shows the adjustment struggle of an Arab family to North America. I thought the high school scenes were poignant reminders of how high school classes need to be taught as if they were representations of the outside/"real" world - not free for all zones where you can say anything and not be held responsible! Everyone needs to learn "civilised" behavior,or else we all pay the consequences. I liked that they spoke real Arabic in Amreeka - did you know that alot of Hollywood Arabic is just gobeltygook? How disrespectful! Maybe we can start actually seeing Arabs in film as people, and not the stereotype that gives us permission to project our disowned feelings onto - what a concept! This movie moves us forward!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Accurate, July 25, 2010

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davidkakish (Palatine, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amreeka (DVD)

For someone who grew up in the West Bank and moved to Illinois, I was amazed at how accurate this film is and how it included so many little details that were right on the money. This movie was able to capture so many emotions and the humanity of this entire experience. Honestly, I have never seen anything so close to my experience. This essentially is the story of my life. This accurately describes my experience and journey from the West Bank to Chicago.