Iara Lee (Ponta Grossa, Brazil, 1966) is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. Her recent projects include "From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives" (2020) and "Stalking Chernobyl: Exploration After Apocalypse" (2020). Her other documentaries include "Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia" (2019), "Burkinabè Rising: The Art of Resistance in Burkina Faso" (2018), "Burkinabè Bounty: Agroecology in Burkina Faso" (2018), "Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" (2015), "K2 and the Invisible Footmen" (2015), "The Kalasha and the Crescent" (2013), "The Suffering Grasses" (2012), "Cultures of Resistance" (2010), "Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan" (2002), "Architettura" (1999), "" (1998), "Synthetic Pleasures" (1995), and "An Autumn Wind" (1994). In 2010, Lee was involved in the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla," where nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces and many were injured.