"Sorry Mama", the boy whispered intimately into his mothers ears as they embraced into a heartwarming hug that spread its wings over their ongoing struggles, their struggles of leaving Palestine...
This scene, as viewed in the highly acclaimed "Amreeka" by Palestinian director Cherien Dabis who carefully catches the insights of a Palestinian family torn between staying in their beloved country, or taking the one time opportunity and whisking away to the land of همبرغر, Amreeka...
It happens every now and then that you have the opportunity to get fully immersed into a movie that captures the spirit of an entire epidemic, for a lack of a better word, in the lives of a handful of individuals... Amreeka is one of those movies.
Its a story of a nation torn apart, its a story of a loving mother, its a story of a sacrifice unlike other, its a story of homesickness, and its a story of how love does actually conquer all, mind you, skillfully mastered as to keep you waiting till th end, and no, palestine does not get its independece, it is not that kind of tale, Amreeka, beggining to end, is a short roll of film for a family of two, and their dwelling from the middle east, to the far west...
Looking forward to see its nominations in 2010 Oscars, don't miss it, currently showing in Grand CIty Mall...
