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  • Our latest 3 films continue to travel the world while we prepare for the next film shoot

    by iara lee March 22, 2018
    March 22, 2018

    The Melanesian Arts & Cultural Festival (2018 July 1 to 10), coming to the SOLOMON ISLANDS this summer to mark the country’s 40th independence anniversary! This year’s theme is “Past …

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  • HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY to all the women around the world.

    by iara lee March 8, 2018
    March 8, 2018

    Today we will be celebrating International Women’s Day by partnering with the Caribbean Fashion and Arts Feature Festival’s for the CFAFF Arts Impact Initiative to End Violence, with a focus …

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  • Feb was an amazing Black History Month for us.

    by iara lee March 5, 2018
    March 5, 2018

    We brought the excitement of BURKINA FASO to NYC and just received the BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD last night at Winter Film Awards. Cheers to resistance, resilience, revolution! My interview for …

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  • …when i was sick with malaria but still trying to play my role of ambassador to BURKINA FASO! 

    by iara lee February 26, 2018
    February 26, 2018

    Dragged my ill body to the studio and poured my heart to discuss the power of the people when united for change! And btw, viva Black History Month!!! Interview for …

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  • The fantasy is that we can somehow transcend our horrible condition of being human through these shining black boxes. — Jaron Lanier

    by iara lee February 20, 2018
    February 20, 2018

    Tomorrow London screens part three of the retrospective at the Deptford Cinema!! Feature documentary Synthetic Pleasures was produced in 1995, but the exploration of how reality, technology, and culture intermix …

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  • MOROCCO

    by iara lee February 15, 2018
    February 15, 2018

    Due to the film we made about the MOROCCAN occupation of WESTERN SAHARA, most likely I will be deported, banned if I try to enter MOROCCO, but luckily we have …

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  • Super look forward to seeing you all!!

    by iara lee February 14, 2018
    February 14, 2018

    Next stop, we bring the spirit of resistance and revolution from BURKINA FASO to NYC . Save the date: WFA Film Fest screens our BURKINABÈ RISING Feb 28th at cinema …

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  • LONDON screens so many of our films!!! I am so honored :)

    by iara lee February 5, 2018
    February 5, 2018

    Feb 7 on, Deptford Cinema will run a retrospective of my film work!!! -Wednesday 7th of February at 20:00 for Cultures of Resistance -Wednesday 14th of February at 20:00 for …

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  • CHECHNYA

    by iara lee February 5, 2018
    February 5, 2018

    So we get to the end of our film tour in CHECHNYA, a country with such a hard past and hard future, but today’s youth persevere and even managed to …

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  • Our К2 and the Invisible Footmen film just received the award of BEST FILM at PAKISTAN’s Karakorum Mountain Fest in Gilgit

    by iara lee January 23, 2018
    January 23, 2018

    And our film Burkinabè Rising: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso just got invited to run for a UNESCO award!! [Photo courtesy of Karakorum International Mountain Festival.]

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Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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Iara LeeIara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action! Read more here.

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