SiffTV – Seattle International Film Festival – Director Eli Kimaro. I had the pleasure of sitting down to talk with the fabulous Sharon Conner (SIFFtv/HBO), and enjoyed having the opportunity to reflect on our process of finding the story. We did a pretty good job of covering our 8-year journey in 8 minutes!! See for yourself…
Reviewed by Christy Karras (from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival) Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro Written by: Eliaichi Kimaro and Eric Frith Featuring: Eliaichi Kimaro, Sadikiel Kimaro, Young Kimaro, Awonyisa Ngowe and Ndereriosa Shao Creating a documentary often involves long journeys down twisting paths that may change as they go. […]
A very personal journey, May 25, 2011 By justzheng Seattle local Eliaichi Kimaro, born half-Tanzanian-half-Korean, went to Tanzania to find a deeper understanding of her paternal root. During her several years of filming, however, the focus shifted to somewhere else… and then to somewhere totally unexpected, when the issue of […]
To celebrate the official release date of A Lot Like You‘s original movie soundtrack A N D our SIFF World Premiere tonight (Harvard Exit, 7pm), we cut a 2min music video of the title track. Featuring behind-the-scenes footage of PETE DROGE in the studio. Freshly cut by Eric Frith. Photos […]
We had a great time meeting with Margaret Larson (New Day NW). Pete performs the title song “A Lot Like You,” and Eliaichi joins the show to discuss her documentary. Click here to watch the full 9-min segment. Local filmmaker documents emotional search for self A new documentary from Seattle-based filmmaker, Eliaichi Kimaro, called A […]
Audrey reviews what SIFF films the folks at The SunBreak saw opening weekend, and the ones that they’re looking forward to over the next few days. So happpy to see A Lot Like You highlighted as a Must See film in the coming week: A Lot Like You When local […]
Nancy Guppy chatted with Pete and Eli as part of Art Zone’s special coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival opening night gala! You’ll find us here at Minute 13…
05-19-2011: ALLY on the Red Carpet (photos by Connie Burk) With Mama Kimaro, who had just flown in from Tanzania that morning…a 24 hour flight. Phenomenal rally!!
Mom just flew 24 hours to be here for opening night, and for our World Premiere. (Let’s not even begin to talk about what we’d need to do to offset the carbon footprint of our premiere!) She hadn’t seen Lucy in 2 years. Feeling so very grateful for today…
How lucky are we to have A Lot Like You featured in the SIFF guide issue of Seattle Weekly!?! I couldn’t believe how much ground Brian Miller covered in our interview last week. And I’ve been curious ever since to see how this story would coalesce. To read Millers’ full article, click here… Well, […]