Iara Lee

Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, film producer and director of SYNTHETIC PLEASURES, MODULATIONS, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE, THE SUFFERING GRASSES, K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN and LIFE IS WAITING: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara. She is also founder of Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that connects and supports activists, agitators, educators, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, the Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony. While an UN-brokered ceasefire put an end to armed hostilities in the territory in 1991, the Sahrawi people have continued to live under the Moroccan armed forces’ oppressive occupation, and what peace exists in the area is fragile at best. Tens…