Sweet Land Released on DVD
7/10/2007
The Minnesota made independent film, Sweet Land, was released on dvd on July 10th. Sweet Land was directed by Lommen Abdo client, Ali Selim, and was filmed near Montevideo, Minnesota. It is the story of a German immigrant arriving in Minnesota as a mail order bride after World War I and is available at outlets such as Target, Best Buy and Amazon.com ($19.99 to $28.00). It is also available for rental on Netflix. Ali Selim was interviewed on WCCO and in the attached article in the Star Tribune on July 10th.
Sweet Land was named as one of the top ten films of 2006 by the Los Angeles Times and by Entertainment Weekly. Click on the movie's web site if you'd like more information on the movie.