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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s now official! I feel we did right by Pete by offering him a Producer credit on our film. It wasn’t so much a promotion as it was finding a title that did justice to what he so generously brings to the project. Future posts will tell the tale of our collaboration. But for now, […]
A Lot Like You is about how I translate the unexpected beauty and brutality of my father’s culture on Mt Kilimanjaro into my own personal legacy. It raises questions about what we inherit, and what we pass down, and reveals how bearing witness can break silences that have lasted lifetimes. (50 […]
sometimes when writing got too intense, i would shift gears and play around with images. the results would inevitably open up new and unexpected paths for me to explore…places i couldn’t reach through words alone. from this collage, i realized i wanted our poster design to combine images with words to reflect the idea that this film […]
As many of you know, we really struggled to come up with a title for our film. The journey from Worlds Apart to A Lot Like You reflects our own process of peeling back the layers to reveal the true story of our film. And in that time, we actually considered 50 different titles… Worlds […]
The undeniable gift of A Lot Like You is its power to ignite dialogue and inspire deep introspection. This film invites us all to reflect on the complexity of loving people through pain, secrets and differences. Over the past 8 years, we discovered a surprising paradox—the more personal, honest and […]
SOOOOO…in a rather unexpected turn of events, san diego black film festival ended up screening an older rough cut of our film — the May 2010 cut we showed at EMP last year. didn’t see that one coming! despite the challenges, pete, eric and i had a phenomenal time in […]
Over the lifespan of this project, I’ve struggled repeatedly with how to answer the question, “So… what’s your film about?” My pitch was so far from snappy, and sorely lacking in what my friend Danica would refer to as RAZZamaTAZZ! But as this film makes its way out into the world, I’m starting to understand its […]