Iara Lee is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa.
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13 Facts About Iara Lee
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In 2010, Lee was involved in the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla, " where nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.
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Iara Lee is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International, Amnesty International, Center for Constitutional Rights, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Doctors Without Borders, among many other organizations.
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From 1984 to 1989, Iara Lee was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil.
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Under that banner, Iara Lee has directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations, Architettura, and Beneath the Borqa.
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In 2010, Iara Lee directed the feature-length documentary film, Cultures of Resistance, which celebrates creative acts of political struggle.
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In 2015, Iara Lee released K2 and the Invisible Footmen, which documents the unsung efforts of the indigenous porters who for decades have facilitated the ascent of the Earth's second-highest mountain.
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Iara Lee followed these with Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia, a documentary profiling the artists and activists in Melanesia who are fighting for self-determination while trying to defend their homes against the rising sea.
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Iara Lee launched a short film series called Dispatches from Malawi, starting with a music video for "Better Must Come, " a song by Ishan Cyapital featuring Teebz.
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In 2008, Iara Lee traveled to Iran and supported a number of cultural exchange projects between that country and the West, with the goal of promoting arts and culture for global solidarity.
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Iara Lee has actively supported indigenous and civil society campaigns to prevent the construction of the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu river, a major tributary of the Amazon in Brazil.
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In 2009, Iara Lee released a short film about the dam controversy, Battle for the Xingu, in conjunction with groups such as International Rivers.
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In 2010, Iara Lee participated in the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla, " where nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.
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