To schedule campus screenings and appearances, please contact
Samara Lectures / info@samaralectures.com / 206.529.4711
2012-2013: National Festival Tour. A LOT LIKE YOU has been invited to participate in the yearlong National Festival Tour which travels to educational & cultural institutions across the US.
July 25 – August 5: 35th Asian American International Film Festival will be screening A LOT LIKE YOU (dates TBD).
June 24 @ 1:30pm: Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto). NOMINATED for Best Documentary. Screening at the Carlton Cinema.
June 16 @ 12:30: Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival (Los Angeles). Using her film journey as a backdrop, Director Eliaichi Kimaro will speak about the important connections between creative expression and experience in strategically re-centering conversations around ethnicity, identity, accountability and justice.
May 23, 2012 @10am: Director Eliaichi Kimaro talks with Betties360 (Portland) about the power of personal storytelling.
3 PORTLAND SCREENINGS ADDED!
May 21, 22, 23 @ 5:30pm: McMenamins Mission Theatre (Q&A with filmmaker following each screening.) Tickets are $3.
May 20 @ 6pm: McMenamins Mission Theatre presents the Oregon Premiere of A LOT LIKE YOU (Portland). Doors will open at 6 p.m., with an intimate live performance by Pacific Northwest singer/songwriter and soundtrack composer Pete Droge. The film will begin at 6:45 p.m., with a Q&A by filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro to follow immediately after. Purchase $5 tickets here.
May 15 @ 10:30am: Drawing on her experience making the Award-winning film A Lot Like You, director Eliaichi Kimaro will speak with students at Shoreline Community College about the interplay between art and activism, and how filmmaking can lead to a more integrated understanding of our place in this world.
May 2 @ 6pm: Africa World Doc Film Festival screening at Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife, Nigeria). Admission is FREE. Post-screening discussion from 8:30-9pm.
April 25 @ 6pm: Africa World Doc Film Festival screening at Spencer Museum of Art (Univ. of Kansas). Admission is FREE.
April 22 @ 4pm: Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (Seattle). Purchase tickets here.
Sarasota Film Festival & Through Women’s Eyes Film Festival
~ April 14 @ 3pm (followed by Q&A w/Director)
~ April 18 @ 1pm
Both screenings at Regal Hollywood Theaters. Purchase tickets here.
36th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival: Screening as part of the “Standing Up Competition.”
~March 28 @ 7:10pm with Film Forum
~March 29 @ 12:10pm followed by Q&A with Director
~March 30 @ 1:00pm followed by Q&A with Director
~March 31 @1:00pm: Panel on Filmmakers of the African Diaspora, hosted by Cleveland State University School of Communication, in partnership w/Cleveland International Film Festival. (Event is Free & Open to the Public.)
30th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
WINNER, Jury Prize for Best Documentary
~March 11, 7:20 pm at the San Francisco Film Society
~March 13, 9:20 pm at the Sundance Kabuki Theater in San Francisco
Director and Producers will be present.
March 9, 2012 @ 6pm: Africa World Doc Film Festival screening at University of West Indies in Cave Hill, Barbados.
February 29, 2012: Director Eliaichi Kimaro will be speaking at Bush School (Seattle, WA).
University of Arizona (Tucson) – Black History/Heritage Month
~February 20, 2012 @ 5:30pm: Director Eliaichi Kimaro will deliver keynote (“Activism and Creative Expression”), Student Union (Catalina Room).
~February 21, 2012 @ 5:30pm: A Lot Like You screening & discussion at Univ. of Arizona’s Gallagher Theatre. Director will be present.
February 21, 2012: Fundraising screening at Moshi Golf Club (Tanzania). ALL proceeds will go towards Vunjo School’s Girls Dormitory Project. Post-screening Q&A by none other than Mama Kimaro.
February 17, 2012, 2:00pm: Africa World Documentary Festival. Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, the Carver Theatre (Birmingham, AL). FREE ADMISSION.
January 15, 2012, 6:00pm: African Diaspora International Film Festival Best Docs of Fest Series at Teachers College, Columbia University. Screening A LOT LIKE YOU, WINNER, Public Award For The Best Film Directed By a Woman of Color. (Tickets $11/$9 Students & Seniors)
NEW SCREENING ADDED
WINNER, Public Award for the Best Film Directed By a Woman of Color. December 11 @ 3pm: African Diaspora International Film Festival Closing Ceremony at Teachers College, Columbia University – Encore Screening of A Lot Like You. (Tickets $35)
December 10, 2:00pm: “Monetizing Independent Cinema” (organized by ADIFF) @ Teachers College, Columbia University – The Chapel (175 Zankel Hall)
Director will be a panelist. You can post your question or purchase tickets ($6) here.
December 8, 8:30pm: African Diaspora International Film Festival (part of Women Indies Night) @ Schomburg Center, Harlem. Post-screening Q&A with Director followed by catered reception. Tickets here.
November 10, 8pm: reception/screening to benefit the DoVE Project (a project of Vashon Youth & Family Services) @Vashon Theater.
October 21, 7-9pm: hosted by the NW Network @ Central Cinema , Seattle WA ($6 in advance, $8 at the door). You can purchase tickets here.
~ Panel discussion following screening
October 7, 8pm: Kinowatt Film Series @ Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA ($8)
~ Director will be present
October 5, 8pm: Artisphere: Wed Film Series @ Dome Theater, Arlington, VA ($6)
~ Director will be present
October 5, 7pm: Local Sightings FF @ NW Film Forum, Seattle, WA
~ Producers will be present
October 2, 6pm: Filmwax Film Series @ The Fifth Estate, Brooklyn, NY
~ Director will be present
September 29, 6pm: Montreal International Black Film Festival @ Cinema ONF
WINNER, Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Annual Conference (Spokane,WA)
~September 20 @ 7pm: A Lot Like You screening & discussion
~September 21 @ 11am: Director Eliaichi Kimaro will deliver WSCADV Conference closing keynote address (reflecting on the power of personal storytelling to mobilize people, ignite dialogue, and contribute to the groundswell that leads to change.)
July 7, 7pm: Fundraising Screening @ The Watering Hole, Moshi, Tanzania
~Film subjects will be present
~All proceeds raised will help cover construction costs of a new girls’ dormitory at Vunjo Secondary Schoo in our village of Mwika.
June 12, 2pm: Seattle International Film Festival @ Admiral Theater, West Seattle
~ Filmmaking team will be present
May 24, 7pm: WORLD PREMIERE! Seattle International Film Festival @ Harvard Exit
~ Filmmaking team will be present
