Loira Limbal (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ who works in documentary film and video installation. Her acclaimed film Through the Night was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, garnered a dupont-Columbia award, was selected for a World Premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, and aired on PBS' POV series. Her previous film, Estilo Hip Hop, a feature-length documentary that chronicles the lives of three hip hop activists from Brazil, Chile, and Cuba, aired on PBS in 2009. Loira's recent accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Award, a United States Artist Fellowship, an NAACP Image Award nomination, and a Sundance Institute Fellowship.