In Dec 2009, I talked with Susan McCabe (Voice of Vashon) about the new direction our film was taking. In this clip, we consider the gap between the film I set out to make vs. what I discovered while filming in Tanzania… A Lot Like You is playing 8pm tonight […]
A documentary lifts a veil on a generation of abuse By LESLIE BROWN Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber Editor Nov 09 2011 From left, Eric Frith, Pete Droge and Eliaichi Kimaro in Frith’s studio on the west side of Vashon, where the three of them spent a lot of hours producing […]
indieWIRE’s blog, Shadow and Act, previewed A Lot Like You for its upcoming screening at the African Diaspora International Film Festival in New York on Thursday 12/8. If you’re in town, I will also be speaking on a panel about “Monetizing Independent Cinema” on Saturday 12/10 at 2pm at Columbia University (Teacher’s College). […]
On Tue 11/1, Pete, Eric and I sat down with Leslie Brown at the Beachcomber, who tapped into the story that’s been waiting to be told. Together, we reflected on our intense (and ongoing) collaboration on this project…our deeply personal journey to unearth the heart of our film, how the evolving score shaped the tone […]
Storytelling is a vital path towards social transformation. The NW Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian, & Gay Survivors of Abuse has been turning silence into stories into social change for nearly 25 years. Join us as we share the story of our Board President, Eli Kimaro. Her full length independent […]
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…
I’m SO incredibly grateful to Wendy Elisheva Somerson for the depth she brings to this generous, complex, insightful article about our film!! A huge thank you to Wendy and Tikkun magazine for digging deep and taking this conversation to a whole new level… …What begins Kimaro’s journey through her family’s cultural […]
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 […]
Earlier this summer, my parents hosted a screening of our film at the Watering Hole in Moshi, Tanzania . All the funds raised went towards the girls’ dormitory construction project at Vunjo Secondary School in our village of Mwika. This seemed like a fitting project for us to support given […]