A Lot Like You

A Film by Eliaichi Kimaro

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Three Imaginary Girls highlights A Lot Like You

May 15, 2011

Many thanks to Imaginary Amie for highlighting A Lot Like You in her SIFF NW Connections preview!  NW Documentaries include…How to Die in Oregon about a woman’s choice to end her life under OR’s Death with Dignity clause (bring some tissue, folks), and A Lot Like You, which follows Seattle […]

The Stranger recommends “A Lot Like You”

May 14, 2011

Oh little green star, you delight my heart!  Lindy West at The Stranger recommends A Lot Like You: “I am a first-generation American,” Eliaichi Kimaro explains in voice-over near the beginning of her rich, complex autobiographical documentary. “Mom and Dad are from opposite ends of the globe. An interracial, bicultural couple.” […]

ALLY goes to school

May 12, 2011

Today I was invited to speak to Ms. Mackoff’s class at Roosevelt High School.  Driving up there, I remembered how I felt after seeing Nora Ephron speak at my school…23 years ago! At the time, she was working on When Harry Met Sally, and shared stories about how challenging it was to penetrate the billy […]

Pete’s ALLY Soundtrack Bio

May 9, 2011

In the A Lot Like You Soundtrack Bio, Pete reveals how working on this project profoundly transformed his life.  This ripple effect of seeking one’s truth is what led to our new tagline, the truth has no borders. A Lot Like You’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack will be in indie record stores on  May […]

SIFF Preview in IndieWire (“Identity Investigations”)

May 6, 2011

Continuing coverage of Diasporic films screening at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, which begins on the 19th of this month… The documentary is titled A Lot Like You, and its short story goes… Eliaichi Kimaro (also the film’s director) is a mixed-race, first-generation American filmmaker, with a Korean mother […]

SIFF tickets on sale now!

May 5, 2011

The SIFF Box Office is officially open for business. A Lot Like You screening dates Tue May 24 @ 7pm, Harvard Exit Sun June 12 @ 1pm, Admiral Theater Tickets are on sale now at SIFF.NET  

Mark your calendars!!!

May 2, 2011

We have our SIFF screening dates! Our Official World Premiere will be…Tuesday, May 24 @ 7pm at the Harvard Exit  in Capitol Hill.  ALLY’s 2nd screening will be the closing day of SIFF…Sunday, June 12 @ 1pm at Admiral Theater in West Seattle. SIFF’s box office goes live on Thursday, May 5.  We’ll […]

Our New Trailer…

April 30, 2011

…and just in time for our Official World Premiere!!!   Many thanks to Jason King, our veteran trailer editor, and to Will Hyde for the beautiful text animation.

From Fiona Otway

April 29, 2011

Our dear friend, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Fiona Otway, is rocking the film world with her latest doc project, Hell and Back Again…  Somehow in the midst of their phenomenal festival run and recent distribution deal, she still found time to include a post about our SIFF premiere.  Her generosity cleary knows no […]

“A Lot Like You” is an Official Selection of SIFF!!

April 28, 2011

On Thursday, May 5, SIFF announces the full festival lineup.  This is also the day that they’ll launch their new website with the online festival program.  And it’s the day that festival tickets go on sale…   But word’s getting out about some of the selected films for this year’s festival.  Here’s an […]

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