Kendra Monet

Kendra Monet is a 22 year old filmmaker from Harlem, New York. A recent graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied Film & TV. She creates personal portraits that center Black women that dare to use their voices and imaginations to find liberation. Her stories take place in Harlem, and move through time and space using Black archives to explore the complexities of childhood and family dynamics. In order to blur the lines between fiction and documentary. Kendra previously had fellowships with Vice and the Emma Bowen Foundation, and internships at PBS and Firelight Media. Other than filmmaking, Kendra enjoys astrology, reading, and film criticism.