Laura Aguirre

Laura Aguirre⠀is a Mexican American writer and documentary filmmaker born and based in LA. Most recently she produced the documentary short Who Do You Protect? which examines the corruption of the LA police union. She also helped produce the feature documentary Brewmance, about the history of craft beer in America, which will debut digitally April 2021. As a documentary impact producer, she worked on the super-successful sports documentary Touch The Wall, for which she helped develop a system of independent distribution that involved on-demand theatrical distribution and direct audience interaction. Touch The Wall had more than 500 screenings nationwide with an 80% sell-out rate and went on to screen on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network, Netflix, and Amazon. Other films include the award-winning film She Started It, and Swim Team, an award-winning film about autism. Laura previously worked for PBS, NBCUniversal, Latino Review Media, KTLA and Current TV. She is a creator with the activist and artist collective The Future Left. She is committed to making authentic and ethical narrative and documentary films that empower underrepresented and misrepresented communities.