We’re so excited to announce that A Lot Like You is an official selection of the Africa World Documentary Film Festival. As part of this traveling festival, our film might be screening in the following cities/countries in the coming months: Yaoundé, Cameroon Birmingham, Alabama St.Louis, Missouri Cave Hill, Barbados Lawrence, […]
Tom and I headed over to PuzzleTree studios on Vashon today to meet with Eric, Elaine and Pete. (More on the fruits of our conversation in a future post.) When we returned home, there was a package at the side door. What a surprise to find this beautiful plaque from our Montreal “Best Doc Feature” win […]
Just a quick note to let you all know we look forward to seeing you in Cleveland next March!! We’re so very excited to have been invited to submit and screen our film at the 36th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival, and their organizers could not be nicer. This is the […]
First up, Oren’s Daily Roast — the best coffee I’ve ever had away from home, hands down! And can we just note that: Tanzania is Coffee of the Day (to commemorate Tanzania’s 50th Birthday??) Love the description: “sweet berry fragrance, medium body, good clear acidity…” With that much care given to […]
Thanks to the African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF), we’ll be screening A Lot Like You at the Schomburg Center in Harlem Thursday, December 8th @ 8:30pm. Our film will be featured as part of “Women Indies Night” and will be screening together with The Dream Team. Please join us for this […]
So you’ve made a film. Congrats!! That’s it then. You’re done, right? Time to move on to the next project… Well, yes — thanks to all the people who helped you realize your vision, your film is now complete. But you soon discover that all the collective time and energy that went into finishing […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]