Cherien Dabis

“Welcome to Amreeka! You speekz inglizeh? No broblem!” .. I can go on and on with Arab English accents! My particular favorite is how most Arabs cannot pronounce Massachusetts. Try it. Amreeka, the movie, finally made its way to Lebanon (as part of the Beirut International Film Festival) . I’d been anticipating it for a while after hearing all the positive reviews from my friends in Boston. The director, Cherien Dabis, was also in attendance to answer questions at the end. She did a magnificent job with this film, especially it being her first feature film. The heart-warming story of a single Palestinian woman ... Read Full Story

Cherien Dabis' "Amreeka" lives up to its positive pre-Sundance buzz. The film is terrific, especially since American immigrant stories like "Amreeka" have been playing in Park City for years. Dabis, a Palestinian-American, has thoroughly re-energized the genre with refreshing wit, honest emotions, incisive observations and a perfect cast she literally flew around the world to find. What's more, this is a thoroughly professional indie film; no allowances need be made for rough production values or budgetary shortcomings. "Amreeka" -- Arabic for America -- is a festival director's dream, but it obviously will have an uphill struggle in theatrical distribution. Critical acclaim and fest honors ... Read Full Story

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jordan Elgrably ( 310) 657 5511 jordane@levantinecenter.org James Lewis (323) 828 2424 jlewispr@gmail.com LOS ANGELES (June 24, 2009)—National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) will release Cherien Dabis’ comedy “Amreeka” in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, with a national rollout to follow. “Amreeka” premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, at New Directors/New Films (a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center) and in Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI prize. “Amreeka” tells the adventures of Muna, an indomitable woman from the West Bank who ... Read Full Story

Director Cherien Dabis' debut feature is a surprising, humorous, moving and very human story about a Palestinian family's emigration to Illinois on the eve of the Iraq war. Read Full Story

September 24th, 2009 | Author: admin The thriving subgenre of immigrant displacement dramedy gets a confident new spin from Cherien Dabis, a Palestinian-Jordanian raised in the United States. Divorced, demoralized and struggling with her weight, Palestinian bank employee Muna (a very good Nisreen Faour) leaves the oc... Posted in News | Tags: Dallas , News Read Full Story