Iara Lee

Iara Lee

Iara Lee is a Brazilian film director, producer and activist of Korean descent. From 1984 to 1989, she was the producer of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil. From 1989 to 2003, she was based in New York City, where she ran the mixed-media company Caipirinha Productions. She is the founder of Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity through creative resistance and nonviolent action, and the director of Cultures of Resistance Films. At the onset of the Iraq war in 2003, she decided to live in the MENA region in order to understand the conflict from that perspective. She spent extensive time in Syria, Yemen, Tunisia, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iran. In May 2010, she was a passenger on the MV Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers.

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Iara Lee Movies

  • 2020
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    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    6.2 2020 HD

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's...

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  • 2020
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    From Trash to Treasure

    From Trash to Treasure

    1 2020 HD

    In Lesotho—a highland country surrounded by South Africa—an artist named Nthabiseng TeReo Mohanela takes discarded materials and...

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  • 2010
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    Cultures of Resistance

    Cultures of Resistance

    5.6 2010 HD

    In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, acclaimed director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in...

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  • 1998
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    Modulations

    Modulations

    7.3 1998 HD

    Less a documentary than a primer on all electronic music. Featuring interviews with nearly every major player past and present, as well as a few...

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  • 2012
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    The Suffering Grasses

    The Suffering Grasses

    1 2012 HD

    With thousands dead and counting, the ongoing conflict in Syria has become a microcosm for the complicated politics of the region, and an unsavory...

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  • 2012
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    The Suffering Grasses

    The Suffering Grasses

    1 2012 HD

    With thousands dead and counting, the ongoing conflict in Syria has become a microcosm for the complicated politics of the region, and an unsavory...

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  • 1995
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    Synthetic Pleasures

    Synthetic Pleasures

    5 1995 HD

    Conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the...

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  • 2023
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    Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology and Feminism in Guinea Bissau

    Unite for Bissau (Nô Kumpu Guiné): Agroecology and Feminism in Guinea Bissau

    1 2023 HD

    In the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, we follow brave local women who challenge patriarchy by building institutions that promote self-...

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  • 2013
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    Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones

    Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones

    1 2013 HD

    Beginning in 1982, after Israel's invasion of Lebanon, the Manchester-born musician's obsession with Middle Eastern conflict began. His music, a mix...

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  • 2015
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    Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

    Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

    7 2015 HD

    Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the...

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  • 2015
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    K2 & The Invisible Footmen

    K2 & The Invisible Footmen

    8.9 2015 HD

    K2 is widely seen as the world's harshest mountain. Yet many indigenous porters make a living in its extreme conditions, carrying provisions for...

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  • 2015
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    K2 & The Invisible Footmen

    K2 & The Invisible Footmen

    8.9 2015 HD

    K2 is widely seen as the world's harshest mountain. Yet many indigenous porters make a living in its extreme conditions, carrying provisions for...

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  • 2010
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    The Women's Colloquium in Liberia

    The Women's Colloquium in Liberia

    1 2010 HD

    Hundreds of African women and international delegates joined Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to strategize about how women leaders can help...

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  • 2009
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    Battle for the Xingu

    Battle for the Xingu

    1 2009 HD

    The government-planned hydroelectric Belo Monte dam would be the world's third-largest and would displace tens of thousands of indigenous people and...

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  • 2018
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    Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso

    Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso

    1 2018 HD

    BURKINABÈ RISING: the art of resistnace in Burkina Faso showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso. A small, landlocked country...

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  • 2018
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    Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso

    Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso

    1 2018 HD

    BURKINABÈ RISING: the art of resistnace in Burkina Faso showcases creative nonviolent resistance in Burkina Faso. A small, landlocked country...

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  • 2010
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    Sierra Leone Rising

    Sierra Leone Rising

    1 2010 HD

    Having emerged from an 11-year civil war that left more than 50,000 people dead and two million displaced, Sierra Leone strives for a peaceful and...

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  • 2018
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    Burkinabè Bounty

    Burkinabè Bounty

    1 2018 HD

    This documentary chronicles agricultural resistance and the fight for food sovereignty in Burkina Faso – a small, landlocked country in West...

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  • 2019
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    Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

    Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

    1 2019 HD

    Featuring footage from the South Pacific islands, this documentary profiles the Melanesian artists and activists who are fighting for...

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  • 2019
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    Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

    Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia

    1 2019 HD

    Featuring footage from the South Pacific islands, this documentary profiles the Melanesian artists and activists who are fighting for...

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  • 2015
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    Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

    Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

    7 2015 HD

    Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the...

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  • 2020
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    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    6.2 2020 HD

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's...

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  • 2020
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    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

    6.2 2020 HD

    Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's...

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