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MOSCOW here i come!

by Mitko October 13, 2021

today my new, scholar friends gave me a full lesson on Buryat Buddhism…

by Mitko October 7, 2021

all of us in the pics are girls who speak colonial languages and keep losing heritage ones

by Mitko October 6, 2021

dressing like a Buryat is not just for photos—

by Mitko October 5, 2021

originally came to celebrate the traditional but ended up discovering avant garde, out-of-box artists and youth culture entrepreneurs.

by Mitko October 3, 2021

how shamanism and buddhism coalesce here in Buryatia!

by Mitko October 1, 2021

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Iara Lee: Photos

by Mitko January 6, 2020

AZERBAIJAN

by Mitko January 4, 2020

LAOS

by Mitko November 18, 2019

Malawi

by Mitko November 12, 2019

Latest Posts

  • from MOSCOW:

    by Mitko June 3, 2019
    June 3, 2019

    nothing makes me happier than full house screenings for our labor of love films! now heading for eco program at Khanty-Mansiysk: INTERNATIONAL TV ECOLOGICAL FESTIVAL TO SAVE AND PRESERVE 2019 …

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  • We won the eco award in CATALUNYA!

    by Mitko May 31, 2019
    May 31, 2019

    wow, our eco award from CATALUNYA, just picked up by our beloved cameraman Yeray Martin Perdomo, who loved it so much that it became his crown, his ice cream, his …

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  • NEEDED: a production assistant with international driver’s license in northern NORWAY/TROMSO

    by Mitko May 29, 2019
    May 29, 2019

      We’re looking for someone to work with us during the SAMI Riddu Riđđu Festival in Samuelsberg and then drive us to JOKKMOKK in SWEDEN, where we will film sami …

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  • World premiere of our new film WANTOKS

    by Mitko May 28, 2019
    May 28, 2019

    i was asked on stage, what unites the work i do in PALESTINE, SOLOMON ISLANDS, BURKINA FASO, WESTERN SAHARA, PAKISTAN. my answer: resistance ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽 to the tsunami of negative forces. lets globalize …

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  • from FINLAND/ HELSINKI: nothing is more heartwarming than to work hard and see audiences respond in positive fashion.

    by Mitko May 27, 2019
    May 27, 2019

    Vlad Sokhin’s photos were a smashing success in educating FINNISH people about MELANESIA, MICRONESIA, POLYNESIA. and due to amazing feedback, we will take the photo exhibit on the road. if …

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  • from FINLAND/ HELSINKI: nothing is more heartwarming than to work hard and see audiences respond in positive fashion.

    by Mitko May 25, 2019
    May 25, 2019

    Vlad Sokhin’s photos were a smashing success in educating FINNISH people about MELANESIA, MICRONESIA, POLYNESIA. and due to amazing feedback, we will take the photo exhibit on the road. if …

    Read more
  • the world premiere of Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia is this weekend!!!!

    by Mitko May 24, 2019
    May 24, 2019

    im in Helsinki at the Maailma kylässä | World Village Festival to present both Wantoks and Burkinabè Bounty!! please share the details with friends in HELSINKI if you know people …

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  • media outlets such as The Guardian switched from “climate change” to preferred terms:

    by Mitko May 23, 2019
    May 23, 2019

    “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown”, and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”, although the original terms are not banned. https://www.theguardian.com/…/why-the-guardian-is-changing-… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • Amazing work empowering Somalian girls through sports!

    by Mitko May 22, 2019
    May 22, 2019

    The Galkayo Education Center (Gecpd Somalia) opened a new center for girls and women in Harfo—the first of its kind in the Somalian town—and is working to empower young women …

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  • eco-campaigners took these grisly photos of whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands

    by Mitko May 20, 2019
    May 20, 2019

    https://www.businessinsider.com/whale-and-dolphin-hunts-in-… [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • INDIA: The Supreme Court (SC) of India has directed 16 states to evict all Scheduled Tribe members and other traditional forest-dwellers before July 27, whose claims were rejected under the Forest Right Act, 2006 (FRA).

    by Mitko May 17, 2019
    May 17, 2019

    The order could force more than a million forest dwelling people out of their homes, making it the biggest mass eviction for conservation ever proposed in India, say several tribal …

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  • Want to learn more about agroecology and join the food sovereignty movement? Check out our ally La Via Campesina!

    by Mitko May 16, 2019
    May 16, 2019

    “The crisis in the industrial food system is impossible to ignore. For over a decade, study after study has validated the assertion of the Food Sovereignty movement in 2007 – …

    Read more
  • life goes on, even in wartorn Gaza!

    by Mitko May 16, 2019
    May 16, 2019

    [Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.]

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  • we successfully concluded our sami film shoot in NORWAY!

    by Mitko May 15, 2019
    May 15, 2019

    …after interviewing the amazing SAMI artist Anders Sunna and activist Juhán Niila Stålka and many more… [Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.]

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  • we are so lucky and honored to have partnered with an awesome organization in Port-au-Prince, HAITI: Meeting Here and Elsewhere!!

    by Mitko May 14, 2019
    May 14, 2019

    Our collaboration with them has brought our films to many different venues in the city, as we engage with people from all different kinds of backgrounds. From kids in school, …

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  • heading north again:

    by Mitko May 13, 2019
    May 13, 2019

    screen in FINLAND/ HELSINKI Maailma kylässä | World Village Festival, the new film on climate change in SOUTH PACIFIC: Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia. then re-start production on our …

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  • The Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition will sail again this year and every year until Palestine is free!

    by Mitko May 10, 2019
    May 10, 2019

    On May 1, 9 years after the May 2010 attack on the Mavi Marmara, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court held oral hearings for an opening investigation into …

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  • Get to know The Global Trees Campaign!

    by Mitko May 6, 2019
    May 6, 2019

    The campaign does amazing work with reforestation around the world and this interview with one of GTC’s conservationists offers a great look inside the campaign: “I am involved in an …

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  • friends in NYC —

    by Mitko May 1, 2019
    May 1, 2019

    dont miss the final days of the film retrospective of director iara lee screenings + q&a https://culturesofresistancefilms.com/nyc-retrospective CULTURES OF RESISTANCE (2010) Thursday, May 2 at Maysles Cinema 343 Malcolm X …

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  • all hard work is worth it if the result is full house!

    by Mitko April 26, 2019
    April 26, 2019

    beautiful BARBADOS Museum venue, lovely weather, adorable hosts, engaged audiences, that left energized about applying inspiration into action-on-the-ground. hope all join the Slow Food Barbados movement and keep on going! …

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about iara

about iara

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.

Recent Posts

  • MOSCOW here i come!
  • stunning art by Imad Qusay, one more recipient of our @culturesofresistance Creative Activism Awards!
  • my new siberian friend who is a brazilian portuguese speaker!
  • great news from @slowfood_international, one of our Cultures of Resistance grantees and collaborators on our film Burkinabè Bounty!
  • today my new, scholar friends gave me a full lesson on Buryat Buddhism…

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