A Lot Like You receives Artist Trust funding In 2010, Artist Trust received 795 applications from artists working in all disciplines across Washington State. The Grants for Artists Projects (GAP) program provided up to $1,500 to 63 outstanding Washington artists for various projects. A Lot Like You was awarded the full amount […]
The fall equinox is Tom’s and my anniversary. What better way to honor it than to share this photo from our 2004 trip to Tanzania. This card was literally one in a million. A phenomenal Do’s&Don’ts list, worthy of consideration. (Apologies for the blur & the glare…) My personal favorite: “Don’t […]
When this film journey began, never could I have imagined that 7 years later, I would be in the East Wing of the White House, waiting to present President Obama with the DVD of my film, A Lot Like You. But there I was, sipping champagne with approximately 100 […]
Only 85 months after I first signed up for film class, the journey of bringing A Lot Like You to the screen has come to an end. Marc Brown generously offered to host a screening in AlphaCine’s beautiful theater. So on August 12th, we had an intimate screening for the creative team and […]
Starting July 26th, Eric and I spent a week over at Bad Animals working on the sound mix with Dave Howe. He’d already mapped out the sound design for the film, complete with effects, natural sound, and foley. I’d been told that nothing enhances the movie experience more than sound design, but had […]
While the rest of the world was frolicking (or wilting) in the summer sun, I was locked away in a dark, hermetically sealed room deep in the recesses of AlphaCine. Together with our brilliant colorist, Marc Brown, we tweaked, corrected and enhanced the color of every scene in the film. After […]
This past week has been incredibly trying. Eric and I went rounds about one final piece that he (and many others) felt needed to be included in the film. It’s a piece I felt reluctant to put in, because I didn’t understand where this need was coming from, and […]
The U.S. currently lags behind several Western European countries in closing a legislative loophole banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) beyond its borders to protect U.S. citizens and residents. But this may soon change. Some 6,000 girls endure FGM every day, totaling about 100 to 140 million girls […]
Connie Burk (the NW Network Exec. Dir. and ALLY Exec. Producer) received an invitation to attend a White House reception in honor of GLBT Pride. And guess who she invited as her “plus one?” !!!?!?!? Our whirlwind trip to DC was nothing short of amazing. Connie wrote a fabulous piece, detailing our adventures, complete […]
This past Thursday, we had the remarkable fortune of screening our most recent cut at EMP’s JBL Theater. ~150 people attended this fundraising event that was hosted by the NW Network as part of National Coalition of Anti-Violence Project’s annual roundtable discussion. In 2003, the NW Network played a pivotal role in […]