Cristina Ibarra
Cristina Ibarra is an American documentary filmmaker who currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. She was a Rauschenberg Fellow, Rockefeller Fellow, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, and a MacArthur Fellow. Early life and education. Cristina Ibarra was the first born kid of a middle class immigrant family from Mexico. She grew up in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Ibarra was the first one in her family to go away to college at University of Texas in Austin. Ibarra first decided to study law because of her immigrant background. Later she found out herself interested  in media courses and Chicana history courses so that she finally decided to study filmmaking, and graduated in 1997 with Bachelor of Art degree in Radio-Television-Film During her college life, she was also in Chicano/Latino film Forum MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A.). Ibarra is a Rockefeller Fellow, a New York Foundation for the Arts fellow, and a CPB/PBS Producers Academy Fellow. She is a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, a founding member of fulana, a Latina multi-media collaborative and SubCine, the first Latino self-distribution collective. Filmography. Ibarra 's filmography includes: Other projects. Other projects by Ibarra include: Style and themes. Ibarra's primarily styles and themes are descendent from the Latino culture. First and foremost representing the Mexican culture/traditions. The representation of US/Mexico border is one of the main influences that can be seen across her films. Ibarra's film styles and themes include: Throughout interviews and personal ideologies Ibarra has expressed the following as her main themes enclosed on her filmsExploration of Mexican-American Identity Ibarra is focused also in representing and advocating for "Women in the business of filmmaking". As director and producer  she has had experienced as working with both men and women, while filming projects. She mentions that through her journey in the creative process that the only difference is that between men and women, that men are more focused on the ending results. Where women are more interested in the process and how the story is develop and explained. However; she highlights that both interests are equally important for the development of film Awards, nomination, and honors. Ibarra was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2021.