With just one week to go before A LOT LIKE YOU’s broadcast premiere, it’s getting pretty busy over here!! We’re excited to be kicking off the fifth season of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. With its focus on contemporary life, art, and pop culture across the African Diaspora, this documentary series is […]
[UPDATE as of 01/18/2013: We’re happy/sad to announce that this screening is now SOLD OUT.] We’re so excited to be the opening night feature at this year’s Seattle Asian American Film Festival!! Please join us for our screening of A LOT LIKE YOU on Jan 25 at 7pm. Discussion panel to follow, […]
Mwika village, Mt. KilimanjaroTanzania The day after we arrived in Tanzania, the whole family descended on our house for Christmas dinner ~ 80 some relatives spanning 4 generations, playing, feasting, meeting and reconnecting. By the time evening came, there were about 30 remaining who wanted to see the film. So […]
Stories mean a lot to me. I was the kid with thick glasses in kindergarten because I kept reading Harry Potter books under the covers, even after my mom turned the lights off. I enjoyed hearing improvised tales from my grandma about princesses, who fought ghosts and angry fathers. Then […]
We’re honored to have been invited to participate in the upcoming the 35th Annual Asian American International Film Festival. AAIFF is “the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians & Asian Americans.” A Lot Like You will be screening Sunday, July 29th at […]
No sooner did I returned from LA than I had to turn around to head to Toronto for the Female Eye Film Festival. But who’s complaining?!! June in Toronto is Gorgeous, and I was looking forward to reconnecting with my dear college/rowing friend (and ALLY supporter) Chris Toperczer, whom I […]
A Lot Like You – Female Eye Film Festival 2012 by William Brownridge What we’re looking for in life is frequently not what we find. Call it fate or coincidence, a journey of self-discovery will often lead a person to an unexpected place. Director Eliaichi Kimaro found just that in her documentary A Lot […]
In the past month, we’ve received invitations to submit our film to festivals in Taiwan, Rwanda, Vancouver, London, and most recently, this one from Argentina. After weathering our share of “Thanks, but no thanks” early on, it sure is nice to be able to share one of these… Enjoy! Dear […]
On Memorial Day, we three Jurors met for the first time at the McMenamin’s on Queen Anne. Anna Sampers is an award-winning filmmaker and has been the Shorts Programs curator for the Milwaukee Film Festival for the past three years. Alonso Duralde is the film critic for The Wrap/Reuters and has written about […]
A Lot Like You had its World Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival on May 24, 2011. SIFF rolled out the red carpet for the event. The beautiful Landmark Harvard Exit theater erupted in applause when we invited Mama Kimaro to join us onstage for the post-screening Q&A. Then the […]