Cultures of Resistance

Cultures of Resistance (CoR) is an activist network that encompasses a family of initiatives. These include an outreach web site, a feature film, a media production company, and a private foundation.

• Overview
• Feature Film
• CoR Project Areas
• Caipirinha Productions
• Caipirinha Foundation
• Director Iara Lee
• Contact Us


Worldwide, people from all walks of life are finding creative ways to oppose war and promote peace, justice, and sustainability. Culture—including film, music, and food—is fertile terrain for this struggle. Education that nourishes a critical mind and fortifies the soul is just as essential.

Cultures of Resistance was established to identify and support diverse international initiatives that embody these values. We seek to fortify an international network of activists and agitators, educators and artists, insurgent musicians, vanguard gardeners, gourmands, and guerilla filmmakers.

Click here to read a narrative history of some of Cultures of Resistance's past work.



• Feature Film
  CULTURES OF RESISTANCE the film is a documentary feature directed by Iara Lee. The film highlights the work of artists, musicians, and dancers throughout the world who are working for peace and justice, and are re-conceiving resistance as a fundamentally creative act.
  The Cultures of Resistance website seeks to get audiences involved with the activist groups and campaigns featured in the film.
• CoR Project Areas
  Through this website and using the resources of our sister organizations, CoR promotes a variety of grassroots campaigns and organizations. We both draw attention to the ongoing work of organizations that are engaged in long-term campaigns for social change and assist activist efforts to address humanitarian crises as they arise.

  Our work falls into four project areas:

  Make Films Not War
  Collaborating with innovative and dedicated artists working to unleash the power of the moving image.

  Make Music Not War
  Promoting the universal language of music as a cultural bridge.
  
  

  Make Food Not War
  Supporting organizations that connect the cultural richness of cuisine to issues of aid, trade, and sustainability.

  Education Not War
  Creating educational opportunities for under-served students of all ages.





• Caipirinha Productions
  Caipirinha Productions, Inc. is an independent mixed media arts & culture company with activities in the fields of film, music, and human rights.
• Caipirinha Foundation
  Caipirinha Foundation was established as an operating foundation whose mission is to conduct and support public educational activities related to human rights, international law, United States foreign policy, independent media, arts, and culture.
• Director Iara Lee
• Contact Us