Monica Suriyage is a biracial, blasian, first generation, afro latina whose directing work features bold color, strong women, and sometimes blood. Her first short film “Black In Red Out” screened at over twenty film festivals across the US, and she was featured in the documentary “Horror Noire” about the history of black horror alongside icons like Jordan Peele, Tony Todd and Rachel True. She is a founding member of the all female filmmaking collective Body Checker Productions. Her digital short form shows, music videos and branded beauty campaigns have millions of views online across Snapchat, Facebook and YouTube. Monica’s work is greatly inspired by questions of personal identity and trying to find one’s place is this big world.