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’ […]
When this film journey began, never could I have imagined that 7 years later, I would be in the East Wing of the White House, waiting to present President Obama with the DVD of my film, A Lot Like You. But there I was, sipping champagne with approximately 100 […]
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!! […]
Logic Amen was at our screening on June 12th. He reflects on the question he posed at our Q&A session in a 3min piece–Speak On It (KBCS). Is it possible for us in the US to respectfully engage in the struggle for justice and equality in developing countries without compromising […]
1re·treat noun ri-ˈtrēt 1 : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable 2 : a place of privacy or safety : refuge 3 : a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director After my final interview with Mom […]
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 […]