Iara Lee

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 .

Iara Lee ( Brasília , 1966) is a Korean Brazilian film producer , director and activist who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. She is the director of the documentaries Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015), K2 and the Invisible Footmen (2015), The Kalasha and the Crescent (2013), The Suffering Grasses (2012), Cultures of Resistance (2010), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Architettura (1999), Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998), Synthetic Pleasures (1995), and An Autumn Wind (1994). In 2010, Lee was involved in the " Gaza Freedom Flotilla ," where nine pro- Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured. Lee 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 , and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International , among many other organizations.

Iara Lee ( Ponta Grossa , Brazil , 1966) is a Brazilian film producer , director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa . Her most recent project is Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse (2020), a documentary about life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Her other documentaries include Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (2019), Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso (2018), Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso (2018), Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015), K2 and the Invisible Footmen (2015), The Kalasha and the Crescent (2013), The Suffering Grasses (2012), Cultures of Resistance (2010), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Architettura (1999), Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998), Synthetic Pleasures (1995), and An Autumn Wind (1994). In 2010, Lee was involved in the " Gaza Freedom Flotilla ," where nine pro- Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured. Lee is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation) and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International , Amnesty International , Center for Constitutional Rights , Committee to Protect Journalists , and Doctors Without Borders , among many other organizations.

Iara Lee ( Ponta Grossa , Brazil , 1966) is a Brazilian film producer , director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa . Her recent projects include From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives (2020) and Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse (2020). Her other documentaries include Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (2019), Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso (2018), Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso (2018), Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015), K2 and the Invisible Footmen (2015), The Kalasha and the Crescent (2013), The Suffering Grasses (2012), Cultures of Resistance (2010), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Architettura (1999), Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998), Synthetic Pleasures (1995), and An Autumn Wind (1994). In 2010, Lee was involved in the " Gaza Freedom Flotilla ," where nine pro- Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured. Lee is the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation (formerly named the Caipirinha Foundation) and a longtime supporter of Greenpeace International , Amnesty International , Center for Constitutional Rights , Committee to Protect Journalists , and Doctors Without Borders , among many other organizations. Beyond Nuclear International . 28 September 2020 . "Dancing with activism: "Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia" | Winter Film Awards" . 9 February 2020 .