The Suffering Grasses: In the Press
Photo courtesy of Cultures of Resistance Films.
Below is a collection of press coverage of The Suffering Grasses. To view an article, click on its title.
Q&A / Politics: Iara Lee
August 18, 2012
Hromadske Radio profiles Cultures of Resistance Films (in Ukrainian)
June 11, 2017
A reflection on The Suffering Grasses at Foreign Policy in Focus
August 30, 2013
Interview with director Iara Lee at The Film Reporter (Indonesia)
August 27, 2013
Review of “The Suffering Grasses” in Forma Cinema (Italian)
April 25, 2013
Interview with director Iara Lee in Cairo’s Al Youm 7 (Arabic)
April 6, 2013
Review of “The Suffering Grasses” on Horria.net (Arabic)
March 20, 2013
Levantine Review interviews director Iara Lee
December 3, 2012
Lippy magazine reviews the Leeds University screening of “The Suffering Grasses”
December 1, 2012
Interview with Iara Lee in Saudi Arabia’s Arab News
October 3, 2012
Review of “The Suffering Grasses” in Emarat Al Youm
September 11, 2012
Review of “The Suffering Grasses” screening at London’s Frontline Club
September 10, 2012
Dazed & Confused interview with Iara Lee about creative resistance
August 17, 2012
Iara Lee interviewed on West Marin Community Radio (interview begins at 00:95:45)
July 2, 2012
“The Suffering Grasses” reviewed by The Grapevine Kuwait
July 1, 2012
International Business Times interviews Iara Lee on Syrian conflict
June 8, 2012
BBC Brazil interviews Iara Lee about her film “The Suffering Grasses”
May 16, 2012
Iara Lee interview in Al-Ahram, Egypt’s oldest daily newspaper
May 16, 2012
Additional Press Mentions
Screening of “The Suffering Grasses” noted in California State University-Northridge’s Daily Sundial
March 5, 2013
Screening of “The Suffering Grasses” highlighted on The News Tribe
September 25, 2012
“The Suffering Grasses” noted on Salem-News.com
July 29, 2012
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