Cristina Ibarra Love & Monster Trucks

Description

LOVE & MONSTER TRUCKS is the coming-of-age story of Impala Mata, an 18-year-old Chicana artist, eager to escape her monster truck-obsessed, Texas bordertown family. But the summer before she’s supposed to leave for college, she falls in love with a girl—a truck‐racer, no less—and suddenly, Impala finds herself switching gears. Unexpectedly homesick, Impala returns from college the first chance she gets, for the big annual truck show, to confront her feelings for her new best friend, her family and the unique world of Mexican American monster trucks.



Biography

  • Cristina Ibarra

    Cristina Ibarra is a New York City-based filmmaker with roots along the United States/Mexico border. Latino Public Broadcasting, Paul Robeson Fund, a…

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Project Updates

  • 2010: The Love & Monster Trucks script is selected by NALIP to be a part of the Latino Producers Academy

  • 2010: Award-winning filmmaker Erin Ploss-Campoamor joins the Love & Monster Trucks team as producer and co-writer

  • 2010: Acclaimed actress Elizabeth Peña signs on to play a leading role in Love & Monster Trucks

  • 2010: Love & Monster Trucks is selected for the No Borders International Co-Production Market at IFP’s Independent Film Week

  • 2010: Love & Monster Trucks is part of the Iberamericano Films Crossing Borders Program at the Guadalajara Film Festival

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