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 […]
UNICEF just released a study that found that nearly 1 in 3 Tanzanian girls are sexually abused before the age of 18. The rate of sexual abuse for boys is approximately 1 in 7. From BBC News: UNICEF official Andy Brooks said the survey was the most comprehensive carried out on […]
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’ […]
Hey there, ALLY allies! Fancy yourself a film critic? Care to share your thoughts/impressions of our film with The New York Times? Then please consider rating and/or reviewing our film on our New York Times movie review page HERE… It’s free, quick and easy, and will make a h-u-g-e difference in generating interest in our film!! […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Connie Burk Tel: 206-568-7777 Email: connie@nwnetwork.org SIFF FILM INSPIRES AWARDS FOR SEATTLE NON-PROFITS ON “LOVING DAY” Seattle filmmakers’ project “A Lot Like You” highlights issues of multiculturalism and violence, prompts recognition for OneAmerica and Refugee Women’s Alliance Immigrant justice organizations OneAmerica and Refugee Women’s Alliance will […]
Our upcoming SIFF screening: Sunday, June 12th at 1pm @ Admiral Theater (W Seattle) SIFF tickets for A Lot Like You are on sale now. June 12th is also known as “Loving Day,” named after the landmark 1967 Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriages in the US. This Sunday will […]