Cultures of Resistance

CULTURES OF RESISTANCE (CoR) is a documentary feature directed by Iara Lee and produced by George Gund. The film highlights the work of artists, musicians, and dancers throughout the world who are working for peace and justice, and are re-conceiving resistance as a fundamentally creative act.
cultures of resistance IN ACTION serves as the outreach partner for this film, working to get audiences involved with the activist groups and campaigns featured there.

For more information about the feature, visit the film website here: http://www.culturesofresistance.org

As a celebration of cultural diversity, Cultures of Resistance was filmed in 16 languages: Arabic, Burmese, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Kayapó, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Korean, Portuguese, Sinhalese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Xhosa. 25 countries are featured in the documentary: Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Burma, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Occupied Palestine, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, USA, and Vietnam.

FILMMAKERS BIO:
Director Iara Lee and Producer George Gund’s previous films include the feature-length documentaries “Synthetic Pleasures” (1996) and “Modulations” (1998), as well as numerous short films including “The Battle for the Xingu,” "Beneath the Borqa," "Architettura," "An Autumn Wind," and "Prufrock."

ABOUT THE COLLABORATORS
Filmmaking is a collaborative medium, and Cultures of Resistance draws together musicians and visual artists from around the world. The list of collaborators is extensive and includes animations by Lena Merhej and Ray Kosarin; photography by André Cypriano; drawings by Latuff and Leslie Lumeh; music by Femi Kuti, Bassekou Kouyate, Rebel Diaz, Nega Gizza, Checkpoint 303, Ramallah Underground, Dunia Massoud, Marwan Abado, Mahdyar Aghajani, Hichkas, Abdel Gadir Salim & Emmanuel Jal, and many more.