Eliaichi Kimaro

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Eliaichi is an activist turned filmmaker who worked for over 12 years as a professional trauma counselor for survivors of rape and abuse before setting out to make her personal doc, A Lot Like You.

As principal of 9elephants productions, Eli uses video to bring stories of struggle, resistance and survival to a broader audience. Her primary focus has been producing promotional videos for local and national non-profits working within underserved communities to address social, economic, and/or environmental justice issues.

Eliaichi brings a lifetime of personal and professional experience dealing with race, gender, domestic and sexual violence to her directorial debut, the autobiographical film A Lot Like You (2011), which won Best Documentary Feature at Montreal International Black Film Festival, and won the Top 10 Audience Choice Award when it premiered at Seattle International Film Festival.