Have a complicated identity? America’s future looks ‘A Lot Like You’Posted in Africa, Asian Diaspora, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2013-01-25 22:18Z by Steven |
Have a complicated identity? America’s future looks ‘A Lot Like You’
The Seattle Globalist: Where Seattle Meets the World.
2013-01-25
Sarah Stuteville, Cofounder
“The bibimbap, is that dolsot?” asks documentary filmmaker Eli Kimaro looking up from the menu of Wabi-Sabi in Columbia City.
She’s trying to gauge the authenticity of the Korean dish in question. This version doesn’t come in the traditional heated stone pot (dolsot), but she goes for it anyway–calling the rice bowl a favorite “comfort food.”
Kimaro couldn’t be more at home ordering Korean food in a neighborhood with an African American history and a growing reputation for international diversity.
Her father is Tanzanian and her mother is Korean. They both worked in international aid and development in Washington DC and Kimaro grew up in a community where being cross-cultural “was the norm.”…
…Kimaro, who identifies as a black woman and a “Tanzkomerican” explores these themes in “A Lot Like You,” which follows her journey back to Tanzania to explore her family’s roots in the Chagga culture while telling the story of her unique childhood…
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