Iara Lee
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Iara Lee is a Korean Brazilian film producer, director and activist who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. She is better known as the director of the documentaries Synthetic Pleasures, Modulations and Cultures of Resistance, as well as for her involvement with the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla", where during resistance followed by a struggle nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.
She is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation), a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Geographic Society [1] and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International.[2]
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[edit] Film career
In 1995, she released the documentary Synthetic Pleasures, which deals with the impact of high technology on mass culture.
In 1998, she released the multimedia project Modulations, which traces the evolution of electronic music. Her next film was Beneath the Borqa, a 2000 short documentary film about the lives of women and children under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. [3] Lee also directed the feature-length documentary film, Cultures of Resistance, which celebrates creative acts of political struggle. The film debuted in its final form late in 2010, after which it screened at many film festivals internationally and won numerous awards.[4][5][6]
[edit] Activism
In 2008, Lee spent time in Iran, where she supported the exchange of cultural projects between Iran and the West. Lee helped produce Iranian rapper Hichkas' "Ye Mosht Sarbaz (A Bunch of Soldiers)" music video,[7] which was directed and edited by Fred Khoshtinat.[8]
[edit] Gaza flotilla
On May 2010, Lee participated in the "Freedom Flotilla" effort, organized by the Turkish NGO IHH and another organization, to deliver a load of 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to protest against the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt to the territory.[9] On 31 May 2010, Israeli Shayetet 13 naval commandos boarded the ships from speedboats[10] and helicopters in order to force the ships to the Israeli port of Ashdod for inspection. On the Turkish ship MV Mavi Marmara, boarding faced resistance from about 40 IHH activists – described in a UN report as a "separate hardcore group" – who were armed with iron bars, dinner plates and knives.[11] During the struggle, nine activists were killed, and many were wounded. Ten of the commandos were also wounded, one of them seriously.[11][12] Lee's crew was able to retain some of their footage from the incident, which she subsequently released at the United Nations Correspondents' Association in New York City.[13][14][15][16]
[edit] Filmography
CULTURES OF RESISTANCE NETWORK short films:
- Cultures of Resistance (2010)[17] feature documentary
- Battle for the Xingu (2009)[18][19] shortfilm
- Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002) shortfilm
- Architettura (1999) shortfilm
- Modulations (1998) feature documentary
- Synthetic Pleasures (1995) feature documentary
- An Autumn Wind (1994) shortfilm
[edit] Interviews
- "TEO MACERO: Interview by Iara Lee", MODULATIONS, September 1997
- "Jon More Matt Black: Coldcut Interview by Iara Lee", Modulations, Summer 1997
[edit] References
- ^ "nationalgeographic.com". nationalgeographic.com. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/donors.html. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/PageFiles/164969/annual_report_2009.pdf
- ^ "MetroActive Movies | Iara Lee". Metroactive.com. http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/08.10.98/iaralee-9830.html. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Tiburon International Film Festival". Tiburonfilmfestival.com. 2011-04-15. http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/eventInfo.php?event_id=221. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "5th Annual International Red Rock Film Festival — Southern Utah". Redrockfilmfestival.com. http://www.redrockfilmfestival.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "2011 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Awards - Be a part of the 2012 AUFF - film festival submissions accepted now!". Auff.org. http://www.auff.org/awards.html. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Hich Kas: Bunch of Soldiers". Cultures of Resistance. http://www.culturesofresistance.org/hichkas-bunch-of-soldiers. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "Persian's Underground Cinematic Arts : About us". Puca.ir. http://www.puca.ir/aboutus.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Lee, Iara (2010-08-08). "What happened to us is happening in Gaza". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/05/EDC31DQ215.DTL.
- ^ UN Palmer Report 2011, p. 19.
- ^ a b UN Palmer Report 2011, pp. 54–61.
- ^ Kershner, Isabel (31 May 2010). "Deadly Israeli raid draws condemnation". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/world/middleeast/01flotilla.html. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ Mackey, Robert (2010-06-11). "Unedited Video of Israeli Raid Posted Online". The New York Times. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/unedited-video-of-israeli-raid-posted-online/.
- ^ Siddique, Haroon (2010-06-11). "Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/11/gaza-flotilla-attack-new-video. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
- ^ "Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010, 15 min.". Cultures of Resistance. http://vimeo.com/12429821. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla", Democracy Now, June 10, 2010
- ^ "Director Iara Lee". Cultures of Resistance. http://www.culturesofresistance.org/iara-lee. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "UNAFF 2009: Battle for the Xingu". Unaff.org. http://www.unaff.org/2009/f_battle.html. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
- ^ "Battle for the Xingu | 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival | Iara Lee | USA". Denverfilm.org. http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=22920&FID=49. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
