The Best Documentary Feature film award went to Eliaichi Kimaro for A LOT LIKE YOU (Tanzania/U.S.). The jury had this to say about the film: “This story, which borders on a legend, will touch everyone’s heart, regardless of gender, colour, personal history and social condition: the most optimistic of the […]
09/21/2011: I was fortunate enough to deliver the closing keynote at the annual conference of the WA State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. I’m so grateful to have this opportunity to reflect on this film’s journey, and the power of story to shape our worlds…as individuals and as a movement…
Artisphere will be presenting the DC Area Premiere of A Lot Like You Wednesday, October 5 at 8pm. Dome Theater 1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington VA $6 To buy tickets, CLICK HERE
Kinowatt: Film and the power of change Curated by Maori Karmael Holmes and Sara Zia Ebrahimi A Lot Like You will be screening October 7, 8-10pm. Director will be in attendance. $8 general admission, $5 for students We’re proud to host this new film series featuring documentary and narrative films […]
Hey Seattle, Did you miss our screenings in January, May and June?? Well here’s your chance to see ALLY on the big screen, thanks to Local Sightings Film Festival at the NW Film Forum. So happy to have this opportunity to screen once again to our hometown crowd!! (Get Your ALLY Tickets Here: Wed. 10/5 […]
A Lot Like You has been invited to screen at the Montreal International Black Film Festival, whose aim it is to: …bring audiences the most beautiful and the most amazing new Black films, while creating a space to debate major cultural, social and socio-economic issues. The MIBFF wants to promote […]
We are SO grateful to have been invited to screen A Lot Like You, and deliver the closing keynote at the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Annual Conference next week: Eli Kimaro will present at our conference this year – showing her film, A Lot Like You and talking about […]
09/07/2011 Announcing new speaker! Eliaichi Kimaro: A Lot Like You We’re happy to announce our representation of filmmaker and gender-violence activist Eliaichi Kimaro. Her wonderful film, A Lot Like You, and the accompanying lecture A Lot Like You: Culture We Inherit and the Legacies We Choose, offer an inimitable look […]
Dad, Sia Mosha (Vunjo principal), Sister Florence, Cousin Dalton (Awonyisa’s son) Here’s mom’s account of the ALLY fundraising screening on July 7th at a bar in Moshi called The Watering Hole. Mom and I agreed that funds raised at this screening would help cover construction costs of a girls’ […]
Artwork by Hilary Painter, from Ms. Mackoff’s Women’s Lit Class @ Roosevelt HS… Best Documentary Golden Space Needle Award To Be Heard, directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Amy Sultan, Deborah Shaffer, Edwin Martinez (USA, 2010) First runner up: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, directed by Constance Marks (USA, 2011) Second […]