Gabourey Sidibe hosts season five of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange documentary series (a series of independent films showcasing contemporary life and culture from across the African diaspora) which premieres nationally on PBS' World Channel, tonight, January 22, and will run weekly, through February 5. Focusing on human and women's rights struggles this upcoming new season, Eliaichi Kimaro's A Lot Like You (a film covered here on S&A) opens season 5 of the series this evening. Kimaro is a first-generation American filmmaker, with a Korean mother and a Tanzanian father, in search of her roots, tracing her father's...
- 1/22/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Gabourey Sidibe will host season five of AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange documentary series (a series of independent films showcasing contemporary life and culture from across the African diaspora) which premieres nationally on PBS' World Channel on January 22, and will run weekly, through February 5. Focusing on human and women's rights struggles this upcoming new season, Eliaichi Kimaro's A Lot Like You (a film covered here on S&A) will open season 5 of the series. Kimaro is a first-generation American filmmaker, with a Korean mother and a Tanzanian father, in search of her roots, tracing her father's footsteps back...
- 12/17/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
HollywoodNews.com: The 38th Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most highly-attended event of its kind in the United States concluded today with the announcement of the Siff 2012 Competition Awards and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. The 25-day Festival, which began May 17, featured over 460 films from more than 70 countries, including 65 feature premieres (24 World, 25 North American, 16 U.S.) and over 700 screenings. Additionally, Siff brought in more than 300 directors, actors and industry professionals.
“A festival’s success is dependent on two basic principles: providing a platform for filmmakers to be celebrated and connecting them to audience members that would not otherwise be aware of their remarkable stories,” said Siff Artistic Director Carl Spence. “This year a record number of filmmakers participated in person and online with virtual Q&A’s successfully expanding the conversation around the best in cinema with passionate audiences, illuminating guests and distinguished industry in attendance.”
Siff Managing Director Deborah Person said,...
“A festival’s success is dependent on two basic principles: providing a platform for filmmakers to be celebrated and connecting them to audience members that would not otherwise be aware of their remarkable stories,” said Siff Artistic Director Carl Spence. “This year a record number of filmmakers participated in person and online with virtual Q&A’s successfully expanding the conversation around the best in cinema with passionate audiences, illuminating guests and distinguished industry in attendance.”
Siff Managing Director Deborah Person said,...
- 6/10/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Christy Karras
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro
Written by: Eliaichi Kimaro and Eric Frith
Featuring: Eliaichi Kimaro, Sadikiel Kimaro, Young Kimaro, Awonyisa Ngowe and Ndereriosa Shao
Creating a documentary often involves long journeys down twisting paths that may change as they go. In “A Lot Like You,” Eliaichi Kimaro starts off meaning to tell the story of her father, who left Tanzania in the 1960s to study in the United States and spent most of the next 30 years abroad. But her film takes a sudden and unforeseen turn toward something tougher yet much more rewarding.
Kimaro’s original premise is interesting enough, if not hugely dramatic: As a boy, her father earns top grades and aces a national exam that qualifies him for a chance to study abroad. While in the U.S. earning a Ph.D. in economics, he falls in love,...
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro
Written by: Eliaichi Kimaro and Eric Frith
Featuring: Eliaichi Kimaro, Sadikiel Kimaro, Young Kimaro, Awonyisa Ngowe and Ndereriosa Shao
Creating a documentary often involves long journeys down twisting paths that may change as they go. In “A Lot Like You,” Eliaichi Kimaro starts off meaning to tell the story of her father, who left Tanzania in the 1960s to study in the United States and spent most of the next 30 years abroad. But her film takes a sudden and unforeseen turn toward something tougher yet much more rewarding.
Kimaro’s original premise is interesting enough, if not hugely dramatic: As a boy, her father earns top grades and aces a national exam that qualifies him for a chance to study abroad. While in the U.S. earning a Ph.D. in economics, he falls in love,...
- 5/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Christy Karras
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro
Written by: Eliaichi Kimaro and Eric Frith
Featuring: Eliaichi Kimaro, Sadikiel Kimaro, Young Kimaro, Awonyisa Ngowe and Ndereriosa Shao
Creating a documentary often involves long journeys down twisting paths that may change as they go. In “A Lot Like You,” Eliaichi Kimaro starts off meaning to tell the story of her father, who left Tanzania in the 1960s to study in the United States and spent most of the next 30 years abroad. But her film takes a sudden and unforeseen turn toward something tougher yet much more rewarding.
Kimaro’s original premise is interesting enough, if not hugely dramatic: As a boy, her father earns top grades and aces a national exam that qualifies him for a chance to study abroad. While in the U.S. earning a Ph.D. in economics, he falls in love,...
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Eliaichi Kimaro
Written by: Eliaichi Kimaro and Eric Frith
Featuring: Eliaichi Kimaro, Sadikiel Kimaro, Young Kimaro, Awonyisa Ngowe and Ndereriosa Shao
Creating a documentary often involves long journeys down twisting paths that may change as they go. In “A Lot Like You,” Eliaichi Kimaro starts off meaning to tell the story of her father, who left Tanzania in the 1960s to study in the United States and spent most of the next 30 years abroad. But her film takes a sudden and unforeseen turn toward something tougher yet much more rewarding.
Kimaro’s original premise is interesting enough, if not hugely dramatic: As a boy, her father earns top grades and aces a national exam that qualifies him for a chance to study abroad. While in the U.S. earning a Ph.D. in economics, he falls in love,...
- 5/27/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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