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Film Screening: Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka" (2009)

Film Screening: Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka" (2009)
Date
Wed June 5th 2013, 7:00 - 9:00pm
Location
Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room
113

Speakers): Guinevere Allen

Please join the DLCL for a screening of  Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka" (2009)! This film is a part of the DLCL Film Series: . Join us every Wednesday from April 3rd to June 5th for a new film.

This heart-warming portrait of a Palestinian American family moving to suburban Illinois, confronts us in an entertaining way with the situation of Arabic immigrants in post 9/11 America. Cherien Dabis' reflection on home and where to find it won her the FIRESCI Prize at the Cannes Festival in 2009.

 

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