Colombian-American filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez pairs lyricism with social activism, advocating for labor and environmental justice. Her feature documentary Fruits of Labor had its World Premiere at SXSW 2021 and broadcast on PBS POV | American Documentary. Her short films are distributed with POV Shorts, The Guardian, The Intercept and TIME. She was recently awarded the SFFILM Rainin grant for her first fiction screenplay, From Honey To Ashes, and is completing a short film about competitive river rafters in the Colombian Amazon, supported by the Points North Pretty Wild Fellowship.