Amira & Sam (2014)

When she is almost busted for selling bootleg DVDs, undocumented immigrant Dina Shihabi is forced to hide out in the apartment of Martin Starr, a former soldier who worked with her uncle in Iraq. Against their better judgment, the two fall in love even while immigration officials are closing in. The two actors have a casual chemistry between them that grows as they get to know each other. Delightfully, Shihabi’s smile lights up the screen during their courtship. I find it interesting whenever a work has a woman who wears hijab on her own terms and here it reflects on her attempts to meld her traditional Muslim with her new-found American culture.