A Conversation with Iara Lee

Iara Lee’s work as a filmmaker and activist focuses on the struggles of oppressed peoples on several continents. Her organization is Cultures of Resistance, whose name well describes the scope of Iara’s work on behalf of marginalized populations throughout the globe. (www.culturesofresistance.org)

In May 2010, Iara was a passenger on the Mavi Marmara, a vessel in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked in international waters by the Israeli navy, leading to the murder of nine humanitarian aid workers. Among the many people who recorded the events on that ship, her crew was the only one to successfully hide and retain most of the raid footage, which she later released to the world after a screening at the United Nations. Iara is dedicated to the support of Palestinian civilians who have been victims of war crimes committed by the Israeli military and who suffer from the Israeli government's ongoing acts of collective punishment.

Iara will share her deep wealth of travel experience and show us excerpts from some of her most recent film projects.

For more information and to see clips of Iara's films go to CCB's website or to our event Facebook page.

Join us for lunch after the program. All are welcome!

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street, 2nd fl.
Boston, MA 02116
617-266-6710
www.communitychurchofboston.org

All Programs are held on the second floor in the Lothrop Auditorium.
Handicap accessible.

CCB is located near the Orange line-Back Bay or the Green line-Copley T Stops.

On Street Parking and at Back Bay Parking Garage, 500 Boylston Street.