BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:351@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150219T220000 DTSTAMP:20150209T232454Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/institute-communication-media-midd le-east-presents-amreeka/ SUMMARY:Institute for Communication on Media in the Middle East Presents: A mreeka DESCRIPTION:TEXAS\nInstitute for Communication on Media in the Middle East Presents: Amreeka\nFeaturing Director Cherien Dabis\nThu\, February 19\, 2015 • 7:30 PM • Marchesa Hall &\; Theatre\, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd.\, Austin\, Texas 78752\n\n\n2009\, 96 mins.\, Director: Cherien Dabis\ n\nThe Institute for Communication on Media in the Middle East\, ICOMME\, is collaborating with the Austin Film Society and it's Middle East Film Se ries to bring you a story centered around a story about the trials and tri bulations of an immigrant mother and son in America.  Mary\, a Palestinia n woman finds herself in situations where she is misunderstood\, stereotyp ed and treated unfairly.  She also finds that she has to lie to her famil y about the only job she could find.  New York Times says\, "Cherien Dabi s's "Amreeka" (the Arabic word for America) stands alongside "The Visitor" and "Maria Full or Grace" as one of the most accomplished recent films ab out a non-European immigrant coming to the United States."\n\nCherien Dabi s is a Palestinian American director\, producer\, and screenwriter.  She was named one of Variety magazine's 10 Directors to Watch in 2009.  Dabi s received her B.A. with honors in creative writing and communications fro m the University of Cincinnati and her M.F.A. from Columbia University Sch ool of Arts in 2004. Her first short film\, Make a Wish\, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and received awards at other festivals.  She also was a writer with the television series\, The L Word from 2006 to 20 08.\n\nSCREENING INFO\nThe screening will be held at the Marchesa Hall and Theatre.  The film will begin promptly at 7:30 pm\, followed by a short Q&\;A with Director\, Cherien Dabis and a reception with light hors d'o euvres.\n\nSponsored by Austin Film Society\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/02/amreeka.jpg CATEGORIES:Community LOCATION:Marchesa Hall & Theatre\, 6226 Middle Fiskville Rd.\, Austin\, TX\ , United States GEO:30.3245299;-97.70948750000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=6226 Middle Fiskville Rd.\, Austin\, TX\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Marchesa Hall & Th eatre:geo:30.3245299,-97.70948750000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20141102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR