A Lot Like You will be screening on March 28, 29, and 30th as part of Cleveland International Film Festival. (tickets go on sale 3/9) As we mentioned earlier, thanks to CIFF being the sole recipient of a grant from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, they are […]
(email from mom…) Hello Eli, Last night, Moshi folks turned up in droves to see your movie, surprising everyone, even to those who organized the event. There was a gang of 20 that turned up from our neighbor village of Marangu. They rented a car to come. Obviously the word had […]
Help us spread the word!! The 30th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival officially launched their festival with a press conference this evening, and by going live with their beautiful new website!! SFIAAFF is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting approximately 130 works […]
I have been invited to screen our film and deliver a keynote as part of Black History/Heritage Month at University of Arizona (Tucson). Here’s the description from the event’s facebook page, brought to you by the event organizer, April Petillo: Eliaichi Kimaro is a activist, speaker and advocate who has dedicated her talents […]
* The Citizen reposted Tyrone Beason’s article, Seattle filmmaker finds herself in her Tanzanian family which originally appeared in the Seattle Times (Jan. 29, 2012). this morning’s email from Mama: Hello Eli, Mr. Shah congratulated me on the feature article in The Citizen* even before we had gotten our newspaper. So, Baba […]
our feature in the Seattle Times hits newsstands today, and we couldn’t be more grateful for this beautifully written, in-depth article from Tyrone Beason. if you’re viewing it online, be sure to scroll through the pictures. and if you happen to be in Seattle…might we say, it’s definitely worth seeing this layout […]
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 […]