Biography
Iara Lee (Ponta Grossa, Brazil, 1966) is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. Her recent projects include From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives (2020) and Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse (2020). Her other documentaries include Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (2019), Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso (2018), Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso (2018), Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015), K2 and the Invisible Footmen (2015), The Kalasha and the Crescent (2013), The Suffering Grasses (2012), Cultures of Resistance (2010), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Architettura (1999), Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998), Synthetic Pleasures (1995), and An Autumn Wind (1994). 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.
Lee is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha 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.
Filmography
all 14
Movies 14
Director 14
Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse (2020)
Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (2019)
Burkinabè Rising - The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso (2018)
Burkinabè Bounty (2018)
Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015)
K2 & The Invisible Footmen (2015)
Muslimgauze: Chasing the Shadow of Bryn Jones (2013)
The Suffering Grasses (2012)
Cultures of Resistance (2010)
The Women's Colloquium in Liberia (2010)
Sierra Leone Rising (2010)
Battle for the Xingu (2009)
Modulations (1998)
Synthetic Pleasures (1995)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1966-04-01 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceBrasília, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
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