Press Coverage
FEATURE ARTICLES:
Seattle Times – Pacific NW Magazine
Seattle Filmmaker Finds Herself in her Tanzanian Family (Tyrone Beason, 1/29/12)
Seattle Times
Cross-Cultural Ties Examined in Documentary (Sarah Stuteville, 1/25/13)
Tikkun Magazine
Turning to the Past to Envision a Different Future (Wendy Elisheva Somerson, 9/8/11)
The Stranger
There and Back Again: Eliaichi Kimaro’s Hard Truths (Lindy West, 1/19/11)
Bitch Magazine
A Lot Like You – Film Review (Wendy Somerson, Spring 2012)
Brown Daily Herald (Brown University)
Filmmaker Discusses Personal History, Identity as Queer Black Woman (Taneil Ruffin, Feb. 2015)
Educational Media Reviews Online
Film Review | A Lot Like You (Jennifer Dean, Sept. 2013)
Sarasota Film Festival – The Insider
Filmmaker Interview (April 2012)
Collective Eye Film Blog
Interview with Eliaichi Kimaro (August 2013)
Jade Magazine
A Lot Like Us: A Chat with Eli Kimaro (March/April 2013)
Toronto Film Scene
Film Review | A Lot Like You (William Brownridge, June 2012)
San Bernadino City News
Award-Winning Filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro Visits Univ of Redlands, Uses Film to Begin Discussion on Culture and Diversity (Hannah Amante, Oct 2013)
Eugene Weekly
Film Review | Celebrated Cinema (Adrian Black, August 2013)
Vashon Beachcomber
A documentary lifts a veil on a generation of abuse (Leslie Brown, 11/9/11)
Seattle Weekly
Out of Africa: A Seattle filmmaker explores her heritage (Brian Miller, 5/18/11))
Schema Magazine
Film Review | A Lot Like You (Caroline Teng, January 2013)
Herald-Review
RCC Students See Cultural Share Benefit (Rachel Rodgers, December 2014)
The Knox Student
“A Lot Like You”: Filmmaker Shares the Personal, Universal (Casey Mendoza, Oct 2013)
AfricaVivre
Film Review | A Journey Beyond Culture; Into Our Lives (Anaïs Angelo, March 2015)
Rice Paper
Film Review | A Lot Like You (Julia Park, November 2012)
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RADIO:
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NPR, Tell Me More with Michel Martin
Tracing Her Tanzanian Roots In ‘A Lot Like You’ (8/2/12, TRT 10:03)
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PACIFICA RADIO, Asia Pacific Forum
Finding Family, Identity, and Hard Questions in Tanzania (Michelle Chen, 1/7/2013, TRT 18:33)
BBC WORLD NEWS, Focus On Africa
Filmmaker Eli Kimaro’s shock at Tanzania violence (Leslie Goffe, 12/21/11, TRT 03:58)
NPR, KUOW Presents – Interview with Eli Kimaro
A Lot Like You (Jeremy Richards, 12/19/09, TRT 12:22)
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TV:
The High Bar (PBS)
Eliaichi Kimaro: on Cultural Identity (Warren Etheredge, 4/17/11, TRT 26:48)
KCTS9, ReelNW
Interview with Eli Kimaro, Director of A Lot Like You (Laila Kazmi, 2016)
New Day NW (King5)
Local filmmaker documents emotional search for self
Pete Droge performs; Interview with Eli and Pete (Margaret Larson, 5/23/11, TRT 09:25)
Seattle International Film Festival—Filmmaker Interview
Director Eli Kimaro (Sharon Conner, SIFFtv/HBO, TRT 08:32)
AfroPoP: Behind the Scenes
Filmmaker interview with Eli Kimaro (National Black Programming Consortium, TRT 03:08)
Vashonia
(Susan McCabe, Voice of Vashon, 12/10/09, TRT 15:14)
Art Zone
(Nancy Guppy, KCTS/Seattle Channel–from ~12:50-15:10)