movie blurb...amreeka

USA Today recommends PG-13 "Amreeka":

The beauty of Amreeka is in first-time director Cherien Dabis' nimble touch. Dabis doesn't sugarcoat the painful transition to life in a foreign country, but she doesn't limit herself to the melodrama. Hardship and ignorant attitudes are taken in stride, almost with the cinematic equivalent of a rueful smile, offset by a steady ethnic pride. The result is a convincing and bittersweet look at the struggles of a pair of Palestinian immigrants and their extended family of not-so-recent arrivals. National Geographic Entertainment's first venture into feature films is a particularly vibrant.