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'''Iara Lee''' is a [[Korean Brazilian]] [[film producer]], [[film director|director]] and activist who works mainly in the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]]. She is better known as the director of the documentaries ''[[Synthetic Pleasures]],'' ''[[Modulations]]'' and ''Cultures of Resistance'', as well as for her involvement with the "[[Gaza flotilla raid|Gaza Freedom Flotilla]]", where at least nine pro-[[Palestine|Palestinian]] activists were killed by [[Israeli Navy|Israeli naval forces]]and many were injured.
'''Iara Lee''' is a [[Korean Brazilian]] [[film producer]], [[film director|director]] and activist who works mainly in the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]]. She is better known as the director of the documentaries ''[[Synthetic Pleasures]],'' ''[[Modulations]]'' and ''Cultures of Resistance'', as well as for her involvement with the "[[Gaza flotilla raid|Gaza Freedom Flotilla]]", where at least nine pro-[[Palestine|Palestinian]] activists were killed by [[Israeli Navy|Israeli naval forces]] and many were injured.


She is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation), a member of the Council of Advisors to the [[National Geographic Society]] <ref>http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/donors.html</ref> and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International.<ref>www.greenpeace.org/usa/PageFiles/164969/annual_report_2009.pdf</ref>
She is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation), a member of the Council of Advisors to the [[National Geographic Society]] <ref>http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/donors.html</ref> and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International.<ref>www.greenpeace.org/usa/PageFiles/164969/annual_report_2009.pdf</ref>

Revision as of 18:28, 13 December 2011

Iara Lee is a Korean Brazilian film producer, director and activist who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. She is better known as the director of the documentaries Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations and Cultures of Resistance, as well as for her involvement with the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla", where at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.

She is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation), a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Geographic Society [1] and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International.[2]

Film career

From 1984 to 1989, Lee was the producer of the São Paulo International Film Festival. In 1989, Lee moved to New York City, where she founded Caipirinha Productions, a mixed-media production company aimed at exploring various forms of artistic expression, such as film, music, architecture and poetry.

In 1995, she released the documentary Synthetic Pleasures, which deals with the impact of high technology on mass culture.

In 1998, she released the multimedia project Modulations, which traces the evolution of electronic music. Her next film was Beneath the Borqa, a 2000 short documentary film about the lives of women and children under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. [3] Lee also directed the feature-length documentary film, Cultures of Resistance, which celebrates creative acts of political struggle. The film debuted in its final form late in 2010, after which it screened at many film festivals internationally and won numerous awards.[4][5][6]

Activism

As an activist, Lee has collaborated with numerous grassroots efforts and has supported initiatives such as the International Campaign to Ban Cluster Munitions, the Conflict Zone Film Fund, and the New York Philharmonic's groundbreaking concert in North Korea.

In 2008, Lee spent time in Iran, where she supported the exchange of cultural projects between Iran and the West. Lee helped produce Iranian rapper Hichkas' "Ye Mosht Sarbaz (A Bunch of Soldiers)" music video,[7] which was directed and edited by Fred Khoshtinat.[8] During that time she also worked with US-based peace organizations on efforts to promote peaceful diplomacy between the US and Iran. Also in 2008, after experiencing the 2006 Lebanon War firsthand, Iara created the Make Films Not War campaign.

Iara Lee is a council member of the International Crisis Group and the National Geographic Society, as well as a trustee for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea's first privately funded university, the only in the country whose faculty is entirely composed of international professors.

Gaza flotilla

On May 2010, Lee participated in the "Freedom Flotilla" effort, organized by the Turkish NGO IHH and many other civil society organizations, to deliver a load of 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to protest against the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt to the territory.[9]

Lee's crew was able to retain some of their footage from the Israeli naval attack on the Mavi Marmara, which she subsequently released at the United Nations Correspondents' Association in New York City.[10][11][12][13]

Filmography

  • Cultures of Resistance (2010)[14]
  • Battle for the Xingu (2009, short film)[15][16]
  • Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002, short film)
  • Architettura (1999, short film)
  • Modulations (1998)
  • Synthetic Pleasures (1995)
  • An Autumn Wind (1994, short film)

Interviews

References

  1. ^ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/donors.html
  2. ^ www.greenpeace.org/usa/PageFiles/164969/annual_report_2009.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/08.10.98/iaralee-9830.html
  4. ^ http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/eventInfo.php?event_id=221
  5. ^ http://www.redrockfilmfestival.com/
  6. ^ http://www.auff.org/awards.html
  7. ^ "Hich Kas: Bunch of Soldiers". Cultures of Resistance. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  8. ^ "Persian's Underground Cinematic Arts : About us". Puca.ir. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  9. ^ Lee, Iara (2010-08-08). "What happened to us is happening in Gaza". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/unedited-video-of-israeli-raid-posted-online/
  11. ^ Siddique, Haroon (2010-06-11). "Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  12. ^ "Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010, 15 min". Cultures of Resistance. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  13. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla", Democracy Now, June 10, 2010
  14. ^ http://www.culturesofresistance.org/iara-lee
  15. ^ http://www.unaff.org/2009/f_battle.html
  16. ^ http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=22920&FID=49

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