Muniyra Douglas
Project Title: SANDUKU
Muniyra Douglas is a creator-writer and independent animation director-producer. She was a selected participant in Black Women Film! Canada’s 2022 residency. Her academic work, titled African spirituality, a symbol of resistance and hope in black speculative fiction: An analysis of Lovecraft Country was accepted at Co-Futures’ “Future From the Margins” conference held at the University of Oslo in June 2022. From Scarborough, she has been storytelling for over a decade, from spoken word to radio news to genre-bending work on science fiction, dystopian fiction, Black identities, womanhood, intersectionality, and mental wellness. Her projects have screened at Cinefam Film Festival, Toronto Short Film Festival, Toronto Lift Off Festival, Cinefam Festival, NY Live Arts x BSAM exhibition, Carnegie Hall, and Toronto Comic Con.
Muniyra Douglas is a creator-writer and independent animation director-producer. She was a selected participant in Black Women Film! Canada’s 2022 residency. Her academic work, titled African spirituality, a symbol of resistance and hope in black speculative fiction: An analysis of Lovecraft Country was accepted at Co-Futures’ “Future From the Margins” conference held at the University of Oslo in June 2022. From Scarborough, she has been storytelling for over a decade, from spoken word to radio news to genre-bending work on science fiction, dystopian fiction, Black identities, womanhood, intersectionality, and mental wellness. Her projects have screened at Cinefam Film Festival, Toronto Short Film Festival, Toronto Lift Off Festival, Cinefam Festival, NY Live Arts x BSAM exhibition, Carnegie Hall, and Toronto Comic Con.