What is a true artist to you? And why is re-thinking trash the fuel to creativity. They say innovation happens in time of great need. And innovation needs creativity. That’s why we are honored to host Iara Lee, a Brazilian film maker and activist that through her experience helps us live kinder lives to our world and environment.

iara lee is an activist, filmmaker, cultural explorer, and sports enthusiast. A Brazilian of Korean descent, she was raised in Sao Paulo and has since adopted an itinerant lifestyle, most recently spending the pandemic lockdown in Saudi Arabia. Her films aim to advance awareness about issues of ecological, social, and economic justice, and they have screened in venues ranging from the Berlinale and Sundance film festivals to refugee camps and community centers around the world. Her recent documentaries offer viewers a glimpse of adventurers exploring the post-nuclear landscape of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, artists producing vibrant work in Burkina Faso in the wake of a popular insurrection, desert-dwellers in Western Sahara fighting for self-determination in Africa’s last colony, and activists whose homes on the island states of the South Pacific are threatened by climate change. iara is also the founder of the Cultures of Resistance Network, which promotes global solidarity by supporting agitators, educators, farmers, and artists pursuing creative nonviolent resistance.
Join us for a night of learning about Iara’s journey, on how we can as people change our our negative circumstances into a positive one from the eye of a film maker. There is no better time to join an event like this.

The event will include a casual talk, a Q&A with Iara and the showing of her production.