‘Amira’ Review: A Clumsily Cranked-Up Collision Between Paternity, Patriarchy and Palestinian Identity

‘Amira’ Review: A Clumsily Cranked-Up Collision Between Paternity, Patriarchy and Palestinian Identity

Since 2012, more than 100 children have been conceived using the smuggled-out sperm of incarcerated Palestinians — or so it is claimed by the end titles of Mohamed Diab’s “Amira.” But here, this phenomenon, the mechanics of which make for a genuinely riveting first act, is somehow judged not dramatically fertile enough to carry an […]