Nigerian Times

Korean-Brazilian filmmaker Iara Lee [Photo: Michael (Yeong-ung) Yang, The Korea Central Daily News] International award winning Korean Brazilian film producer and director Lara Lee is among the leading filmmakers who have already submitted films for the 2nd Eko International Film Festival coming up from Saturday July 9 to Thursday July 14, at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos, Nigeria. The popular filmmaker who is based in New York City celebrated 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 the founder of the Caipirinha Foundation and a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Geographic Society. Lee was the producer of the São Paulo International Film Festival. "Synthetic Pleasures", which deals with the impact of high technology on mass culture was nominated for the Gr...

Culture of Resistance coming to Nigeria In Nigeria, oil companies have destroyed farmland leaving behind dirty water and no food. When the people began protesting by making flyers and giving speeches the Nigerian government started killing the peaceful protesters, so the next generation has resorted to violence in order to get clean water and food. ~ Lara Lee, of Culture of Resistance speaking on her sensational documentary. Iara Lee is the director of the harrowing documentary "Cultures of Resistance," produced by George Gunn, and it is going to be shown at the second Eko International Film Festival this summer. The production of "Cultures of Resistance" began in 2003 before the Iraq war and it was judged the Best Documentary at the Tiburon 2011 Film Festival. "People were being killed and nobody cared. I started looking for small gestures-ordinary people that were relatable," Lee said. She said that the documentary covered 25 countries, with interview...