Direction: Iara Lee

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Iara Lee. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Cultures of Resistance

2010 · Documentary · 73 min. · United States

Direction Iara Lee

7.4

26 votes

7.4

26 votes

Modulations

1998 · Documentary · 75 min. · United States

Direction Iara Lee

Plot A feature-length documentary which captures a moment in history where humans and machines are fusing to create today's most exciting sounds. Modulations traces the evolution of electronic music as one...

6.7

21 votes

6.7

21 votes

Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse

2020 · Documentary · 59 min. · Ukraine

Direction Iara Lee

Plot Stalking Chernobyl, a documentary from Cultures of Resistance Films, examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster, wildlife has returned...

6.3

77 votes

6.3

77 votes

K2 and the Invisible Footmen

2015 · Documentary · 54 min. · United States

Direction Iara Lee

Plot In K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, filmmaker Iara Lee and her team chronicle the lives of those who make possible ascents of the world's tallest mountains, including both Pakistani porters...

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Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara

2014 · Documentary · 61 min. · United States

Direction Iara Lee

Plot Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. This film chronicles the everyday violence experienced by Sahrawis living under Moroccan...

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Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia (S)

2020 · Documentary · 20 min. · Solomon Islands

Direction Iara Lee

Cast Thanu Yakupitiyage · Emmanuel Tjiboau · Grace Hilly · Patrick Rose

Plot In 2018 the Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific, hosted the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival, celebrating the country's 40th anniversary of independence. On neighboring island states, the struggle for...

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Direction Iara Lee

Cast Adja Djenabu Balde · Cherno Talato Jalo · Ermelinda Pedro Mendonça · Imam Malam Djassida

Plot In the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, this thought-provoking film takes you on a journey that follows brave local women who challenge patriarchy by building institutions that promote self-sufficiency through...

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Synthetic Pleasures

1995 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States

Direction Iara Lee

Plot Conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the 21st century. It takes off from the idea...

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Burkinabe Rising

2018 · Documentary · 72 min. · Burkina Faso

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