Min Sook Lee, TIGER SPIRIT

Canada

Born in Korea, Min Sook Lee came to Canada as a child and grew up to become a writer and award-winning documentary director/producer. With a focus on social justice issues, her work includes BORDERLESS (2006), a docu-poem about the lives of undocumented workers in Canada. Her 2005 HOGTOWN: THE POLITICS OF POLICING was awarded Best Feature-length Canadian Documentary at the 2005 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival. Min Sook Lee’s first feature, EL CONTRATO, produced by the National Film Board, was a 2005 Gemini nominee for the Donald Brittain Social/Political Award. Broadcast on TVO, it won the Best Documentary Award from the 2003 Ibero American Film Festival. In 2005, Min Sook was presented the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award for her contribution to building awareness of migrant workers’ rights in Canada.