Seattle Friends–you rock!!! Thank you for showing up so phenomenally for our private screening event on Thursday! We could not have wished for a better turnout or a warmer reception. And now we’re curious to hear what you thought of the film… Were there parts that particularly resonated with you? Did it […]
Our frickin phenomenal musicman Pete just announced that Puzzletree Music will start accepting pre-orders for the ALLY Soundtrack starting January 11th…just in time for our Seattle screening!! Fantastic! Pre-Order the ALLY Soundtrack here…
We’re happy to announce that A Lot Like You is an official selection of the San Diego Black Film Festival (Jan. 27-30, 2011.) Our film will be screening Friday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 pm. We’re very excited about our primo screening slot, immediately following the festival’s Red Carpet event. Pete, Eric and I look […]
When you follow your bliss…doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else. ~ Joseph Campbell
A Director’s Statement Six years into the making of A Lot Like You, we were still trying to figure out its narrative framework. At this point, both Dad and I were narrating the film, which was problematic because our two interweaving storylines were not distinct and separate enough from each other. […]
With this momentous year drawing to a close, we’re not above waxing nostalgic about the incredible ride this film has taken us on–from 0 to 100 in 7 years. Check out our film’s journey in pictures…
Check out this very cool write up of ALLY by our friend, Chithra Jeyaram, in her doc film blog Real Talkies…
Recent feature article about A Lot Like You by Rahkia Nance in Neo Black Cinema, an online Independent Film Magazine for People of Color…
Earlier this year, I spoke with Angela Peabody, author of Exiled and Editor-In-Chief of Global Woman Magazine, about our journey with this film. Check out the resulting feature article about ALLY in Global Woman that was just e-published in the Fall issue of this online magazine…
the more i write, the more i need to write. i find this fact profoundly liberating and maddening. at my most disciplined, i write 3 pages first thing every morning…a shotgun prose-free, stream of consciousness brain dump to clear my head and make way for my day. for me, this […]