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  • a critical update in Kashmir #FREEKASHMIR

    by iara lee October 17, 2019
    October 17, 2019

    When does it end? Today was the deadliest day in Kashmir since the Indian government scrapped its special status in August: “Five people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, …

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  • thank you for the amazing reception in MALAWI!!

    by iara lee October 15, 2019
    October 15, 2019

    from MALAWI: soooo grateful and happy with the appreciation coming from local audiences. we had thought provoking screenings and discussions here in Blantyre and Zomba and next we screen BURKINABÈ …

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  • Haitians are rising up!

    by iara lee October 12, 2019
    October 12, 2019

    The great Edwidge Danticat on the growing protests in Haiti: “The young men and women demonstrators, when speaking to both local and foreign journalists, sometimes speak of their desire for …

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  • screening of WANTOKS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA

    by iara lee October 9, 2019
    October 9, 2019

    friends in PAPUA NEW GUINEA!!! come see the film i shot in SOLOMON ISLANDS against INDONESIAN occupation of WEST PAPUA. the PNG Human Rights Film Festival is screening our Wantoks: …

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  • from MALAWI/ Blantyre

    by iara lee October 8, 2019
    October 8, 2019

    my first local meal with MALAWIAN staple food nsima with delicious veggies and fish cooked by the adorable ladies of Pamudzi restaurant 🙂. and of course, here in AFRICA, we …

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  • Help rebuild this school in Mali that was burned down by arsonists over the summer!

    by iara lee October 2, 2019
    October 2, 2019

    Help rebuild this school in Mali that was burned down by arsonists over the summer! In early 2012, Northern Mali underwent a period of civil unrest, resulting in terrorist threats …

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  • The UK Labour Party just voted to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland!!

    by iara lee September 26, 2019
    September 26, 2019

    The UK Labour Party just voted to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland!! “‘Labour Party members have said in one voice to the Palestinian people …

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  • 20 years ago last week, almost 80% of East Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia

    by iara lee September 11, 2019
    September 11, 2019

    Today, the struggle against Indonesian occupation of West Papua continues!! Check out our film Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia​ to learn more about the fight for self-determination in West …

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  • Resistance art connecting the indigenous Kalash people of northern Pakistan

    by iara lee September 4, 2019
    September 4, 2019

    Resistance art connecting the indigenous Kalash people of northern Pakistan—the subject of our 2013 short film, “The Kalasha and the Crescent”—to Alexander the Great! “…My eyes were drawn to a …

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  • #FreeValsero

    by iara lee August 30, 2019
    August 30, 2019

    A prominent Cameroonian hip-hop artist and human rights activist has been imprisoned, alongside 130 other activists, since participating in a nonviolent protest in January!! He is currently facing 8 charges, …

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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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