Recent Press
Here you will find a collection of press coverage of the Cultures of Resistance feature documentary and director Iara Lee's activism. Here is a select list of the some recent articles.
Kevin Neish, The Return of the Mavi Marmara, June 1, 2011 http://www.pacificfreepress.com
Ali Abunimah, Israel’s attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Looking back a year later, May 31, 2011 http://electronicintifada.net.
Re-Volt Radio on Shadia Mansour and Lowkey short, May 20, 2011 http://revoltradio.blogspot.com.
KPFA Berkeley Interview with Iara Lee, May 12, 2011 http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/69712.
PressTV Global News Interview with Iara Lee, May 8, 2011 http://palestinevideo.blogspot.com.
Korea Daily Interview with Iara Lee, April 28, 2011 http://www.koreadaily.com.
Harlem World interview with Iara Lee, April 26, 2011 http://harlemworldblog.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/cultures-of-resistance-make-films-not-war/.
Cultures of Resistance film screening and panel discussion, The Examiner, April 25, 2011 http://www.examiner.com/events-in-chicago/cultures-of-resistance-film-screening-and-panel-discussion.
Sandra L. Frey, Review of Cultures of Resistance for Independent Film Festival of Boston, April 25, 2011 http://iffboston.slated.com/2011/films/culturesofresistance_iaralee_iffboston2011.
Brian Brooks, "SnagFilms Grabs Rights to 'Resistance,'" The Indypendent, April 21, 2011 http://www.indiewire.com/article/snagfilms_grabs_vod_rights_to_resistance/.
"Winners of the 2011 Golden Reel Awards," Tiburon International Film Festival, April 15, 2011 http://www.indiewire.com/article/snagfilms_grabs_vod_rights_to_resistance/.
Awards Announcement from Jaipur International Film Festival, February 3, 2011 http://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k11/aac108.php.
Winners of STEPS International Film Festival 2010, November 15, 2010 http://www.cetalife.com.ua/eng/activity_awarded2010.htm.
Director Iara Lee Discusses Activist Reporting at the Elevate Festival, October 27, 2010 http://2011.elevate.at/en/news/blog-post/2010/10/27/review-day-five-communicate-1/.
"Cineasta engajada e inspiradora," Jornal do Brasil, October 3, 2010 http://www.jb.com.br/internacional-2/noticias/2010/10/03/cineasta-engajada-e-inspiradora/.
Alex Kane, “New York Politicians Peddle Israeli Propaganda About Gaza Flotilla,” The Indypendent, June 16, 2010 http://www.indypendent.org/2010/06/16/new-york-politicians-peddle-israeli-propaganda-about-gaza-flotilla/.
"Video From Aboard the Gaza Flotilla,” The Nation, June 15, 2010 http://www.thenation.com/video/video-aboard-gaza-flotilla.
Dayanne Sousa, "Após salvar cenas de ataque, brasileira diz que volta a Gaza," Terra Magazine, June 12, 2010 http://terramagazine.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI4489629-EI6580,00.html.
"Iara Lee activist on Flotilla raid release new footage of Flotilla raid," National Turk, June 12, 2010 http://www.nationalturk.com/en/iara-lee-activist-on-flotilla-raid-release-new-footage-of-flotilla-raid-45624354.
Robert Mackey, "Unedited Video of Israeli Raid Posted Online," The New York Times, June 11, 2010 http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/unedited-video-of-israeli-raid-posted-online/.
Haroon Siddique, "Gaza flotilla attack: activist releases new footage," The Guardian, June 11, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/11/gaza-flotilla-attack-new-video.
Erica Pearson, "Tribeca filmmaker, activist Iara Lee takes viewers within Israeli raid on Gaza flotilla," New York Daily News, June 11, 2010 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/11/2010-06-11_tribeca_filmmaker_activist_iara_lee_takes_viewers_within_israeli_raid_on_gaza_fl.html.
"EXCLUSIVE: New Video Smuggled Out from Mavi Marmara of Israel’s Deadly Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla," Democracy NOW!, June 10, 2010 http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/10/exclusive_journalist_smuggles_out_video_of.
"Brasileira promete mostrar imagens inéditas de ataque israelense," Globo TV, June 6, 2010 https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/recent+press/12943ca29ac25fe6.
Iara Lee, "What happened to us is happening in Gaza," San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2010 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2FEDC31DQ215.DTL.
Iara Lee, "End the blockade in Gaza," The Hill, May 25, 2010 http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/99705-end-the-blockade-in-gaza.
