Filmmaker Nneka Onuorah (NiKEs_Nae) is driven by her desire to express her feelings in her work: “Telling the truth allows us to have the full, human, connective experience that we’re meant to have”
to fund the documentary; the Queens, New York native also took on serious revisions to the project because she felt her initial script lacked the necessary detail to convey the message she sought to communicate.
MTV News spoke with Onuorah about her guiding principles, her definition of freedom, and the responsibility that comes with filmmaking. I moved strategically. I had already saved some money, started the documentary, and built some important relationships within the company before I quit. I created a regimented schedule. I would work out for the first three hours of my day. I would spend the next three hours pitching writers who focus on topics connected to the documentary. Three out of five would say yes. I kept ownership of all my projects and used the residual money to fund my next projects.
I don’t focus on victimization. Every film shows people who are both celebrating themselves, and fighting for their lives. Media tends to tell the story of how sad and oppressed we are. Telling sad stories doesn’t help unless we start to interrogate what the other side of that sadness looks like. The community needs to see what it looks like for you to be great, beautiful, powerful, and bold. We all have our own flaws and faults, many of which stem from the system that we’re in.
MTV News: You recently attended the 2019 GLAAD Awards. What were some of the most memorable moments from that night?The GLAAD Awards were amazing — not only because I was honored, but because I saw Jay-Z and Beyoncé receive the Vanguard Award. I was nominated for my work on, a show on Viceland that is near and dear to my heart as a queer woman who grew up dancing. The show is about the intersection of the ballroom dance community and Black/Latinx communities in New York City.
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