Movie Moles: "Amreeka"

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Mon, 03/21/2011 - 12:00am
A discussion of "Amreeka" a woman director's first film about a Palestinian family in the US.

Amreeka is the Arabic word for "America," and the name of a new film about a Palestinian family's experiences in immigrating to and settling in the US.   Amreeka is directed by Cherien Dabis, and our Movie Moles Wendy Webb and Jan Haaken discuss the ways it which it is, and is not, a political film, a woman's film, and a feminist film.  

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