Date: Wed 8th Dec 2010
Time: From 7:00pm
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One of the most talked-about works at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Amreeka is a stunning addition to the genre known as social realism – those films that employ largely unknown or non-actors to convey situations reflecting some of the more sobering, harsh realities of the world today. This humanistic film is deeply touching on many levels.
New York-based filmmaker Cherien Dabis was born to Palestinian-Jordanian immigrants, and her remarkable first feature tells a story very close to home. The narrative revolves around protagonist Muna, a Palestinian woman who is happy to get a green card to the United States and thereby leave her West Bank home. She sets off with her teenaged son, Fadi, and settles in small-town Illinois with her sister’s family.
City: Stouffville, Ontario
Circuit Group Name: Starlight Cinema
Circuit Start-up: 2009
Contact: Kate Gilderdale
Phone: 905.642.5560
Email: gildedale@rogers.com
Screens: 19:00:00, Lebovic Centre for the Arts and Entertainment