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===Gaza flotilla===
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On May 2010, Lee participated in the "Freedom Flotilla" effort, organized by the [[Free Gaza Movement]], to hand out a load of 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gza and to protest against the blockade imposed by [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]] to the territory. <blockquote>I feared for the lives of my fellow passengers as I heard shots being fired on deck, and I later saw the bodies of several people killed being carried inside. I had expected soldiers to shoot in the air or aim at people’s legs, but instead I saw the bodies of people who appeared to have been shot multiple times in the head or chest.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/05/EDC31DQ215.DTL</ref><ref>http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/the-great-iara-lee-on-the-flotilla-bloodbath/</ref></blockquote>
On May 2010, Lee participated in the "Freedom Flotilla" effort, organized by the [[Free Gaza Movement]], to hand out a load of 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gza and to protest against the blockade imposed by [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]] to the territory.


Upon landing in Istanbul shortly after the release of the activist group by the government of Israel, declared that "I go out with exclusive footage (of the attack) in high definition. [... ] I must go back to the USA and show it to the whole world." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazetaweb.globo.com/v2/noticias/texto_completo.php?c=206260 | title=Brazilian filmmaker claims to have exclusive footage of the Israeli action |publisher=Gazetaweb.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref> This tape was subsequently released.<ref name="Iara Lee">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/11/gaza-flotilla-attack-new-video|title=Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage|date=2010-06-11|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/12429821|title=Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010, 15 min.|publisher=Cultures of Resistance|accessdate=2010-06-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/10/exclusive_journalist_smuggles_out_video_of "EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla"], ''Democracy Now'', June 10, 2010</ref>
Upon landing in Istanbul shortly after the release of the activist group by the government of Israel, declared that "I go out with exclusive footage (of the attack) in high definition. [... ] I must go back to the USA and show it to the whole world." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://gazetaweb.globo.com/v2/noticias/texto_completo.php?c=206260 | title=Brazilian filmmaker claims to have exclusive footage of the Israeli action |publisher=Gazetaweb.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-03}}</ref> This tape was subsequently released.<ref name="Iara Lee">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/11/gaza-flotilla-attack-new-video|title=Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage|date=2010-06-11|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=17 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/12429821|title=Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010, 15 min.|publisher=Cultures of Resistance|accessdate=2010-06-11}}</ref><ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/10/exclusive_journalist_smuggles_out_video_of "EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla"], ''Democracy Now'', June 10, 2010</ref>

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Iara Lee is a Korean Brazilian film producer and director based in New York City. She is better known as the director of the documentaries Synthetic Pleasures and Modulations, as well as for her involvement with the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla", in which at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces.

She is married to George Gund III.[1][2] In 2004, she founded the Iara Lee & George Gund Foundation. She is a Friend of the Sahara.[3] She is a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Geographic Society.[4]

Film career

From 1984 to 1989, Lee was the producer of the São Paulo International Film Festival. In 1989, Lee moved to New York City, where she founded Caipirinha Productions, a mixed-media production company aimed at exploring various forms of artistic expression, such as film, music, architecture and poetry.

On 1995, she released the documentary Synthetic Pleasures, which deals with the impact of high technology on mass culture. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, besides winning the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.

On 1998, she released the multi media project Modulations, which traces the evolution of electronic music. Her most recent film was Beneath the Borqa, a 2000 short documentary film about the lives of women and children under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. [5]

Under the banner of Caipirinha Productions, Lee has also organized lectures, photo exhibits and fundraising events.[6]

Activism

As an activist, Lee has collaborated with numerous grassroots efforts and has supported initiatives such as the International Campaign to Ban Cluster Munitions, the Conflict Zone Film Fund, and the New York Philharmonic's groundbreaking concert in North Korea.

In 2008, Lee moved to 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] During that time she has also worked with US-based peace organizations on efforts to promote peaceful diplomacy between the US and Iran. Also in 2008, after experiencing 2006 Lebanon War firsthand, while residing in Lebanon, Iara created the Make Films Not War campaign.

Iara Lee is a council member of the International Crisis Group and the National Geographic Society, as well as a trustee for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, North Korea's first privately funded university, the only in the country whose faculty is entirely composed by international professors.

Gaza flotilla

On May 2010, Lee participated in the "Freedom Flotilla" effort, organized by the Free Gaza Movement, to hand out a load of 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gza and to protest against the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt to the territory.

Upon landing in Istanbul shortly after the release of the activist group by the government of Israel, declared that "I go out with exclusive footage (of the attack) in high definition. [... ] I must go back to the USA and show it to the whole world." [9] This tape was subsequently released.[10][11][12]

Filmography

  • Cultures of Resistance (2010)[13]
  • Battle for the Xingu (2009)[14][15]
  • Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002)
  • Architettura (1999)
  • Modulations (1998)
  • Synthetic Pleasures (1995)
  • An Autumn Wind (1994)

Interviews

References

  1. ^ http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/08.10.98/iaralee-9830.html
  2. ^ http://www.indiewire.com/ipop/photo/photo_3_george_gund_and_iara_lee/
  3. ^ http://www.saharaconservation.org/spip.php?rubrique9
  4. ^ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/donate/donors.html
  5. ^ http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/08.10.98/iaralee-9830.html
  6. ^ http://www.caipirinha.com/Dirpro/director.html
  7. ^ "Hich Kas: Bunch of Soldiers". Cultures of Resistance. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  8. ^ "Persian's Underground Cinematic Arts : About us". Puca.ir. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  9. ^ "Brazilian filmmaker claims to have exclusive footage of the Israeli action". Gazetaweb.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  10. ^ "Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage". The Guardian. 2010-06-11. Retrieved 17 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara, May 31st 2010, 15 min". Cultures of Resistance. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  12. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla", Democracy Now, June 10, 2010
  13. ^ http://www.culturesofresistance.org/iara-lee
  14. ^ http://www.unaff.org/2009/f_battle.html
  15. ^ http://www.denverfilm.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=22920&FID=49
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