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Seattle-basedfilmmakerEliaichiKimaroisamixed-race,first-generationAmerican.HerTanzanianfatherandKoreanmotherwerecareereconomists,workingfortheInternationalMonetaryFundandtheWorldBank,respectively.EliaichigrewupinthesuburbsofWashingtonDC,surroundedbyhermother'ssideofthefamily.ButherTanzanianconnectionwasmoreremote.HerfatherwastheonlyoneinhisfamilytoleavehisvillageandChaggatribeonMt.Kilimanjaro.SomostofwhatEliaichiknewaboutherChaggaculturecamefromherfather'schildhoodstories.Whenshewasolder,andinaninterracialrelationshipofherown,Eliaichiwantedtobetterunderstandthisworldherfatherhadleftbehindwhenhewas18.WhenDr.Kimaroretiredin2002andmovedbacktoTanzaniaforgood,Eliaichidecidedtofollowhimandmakeafilmaboutthiscultureshewouldonedaypassdowntoherkids...
