SFIAAFF Doc Competition Juror, Brian Hu, offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to serve on a festival jury. As someone who’s hoping to be summoned for Jury Duty one day, I appreciate this glimpse into the inner-workings of their decision making process, and his reflections on some of […]
Just back from Closing Night at San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, and am delighted to share the news that A Lot Like You was honored with the CAAM/SFIAAFF 2012 Best Documentary Award! The 10 films included in SFIAAFF’s Doc Competition are truly phenomenal–powerful subject matter, compelling stories, beautifully told. So I am […]
‘A Lot Like You’ Film Review Tue, 03/13/2012 – 12:28pm | by ericroache When reviewing a film, one of the key measures of quality to us here at Art With Impact is the ability of the film to inspire action in the viewer. By that standard, as well as any […]
By Ravi Chandra, M.D. Memoirs of a Superfan, Volume 7.2: CAAMsanity! A LOT LIKE YOU … is powerful and heart-warming, telling several stories at once, and all of them well: the story of her Tanzanian father’s leaving his Chagga tribal roots, coming to America and marrying her Korean mother; a story […]
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 […]
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 […]