Justice Nnanna
- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Justice Nnanna is a Nigerian-American filmmaker, artist, and geographer. His imaginative non-fiction work is known for dynamically revealing importance within seemingly disassociated points of relationship. Exercising within the coded languages of culture, technology, and nature, his work weaves film, art, and scholarship to expand storytelling in the internet age.
His film 'Earthseed', based on Octavia E. Butler's novel, premiered online at NOWNESS to acclaim and had its live premiere at Cinema Galleggiante (Floating Cinema) art festival in Venice, Italy. Later, 'Earthseed' screened at a large-scale public art exhibition Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece, and in 2026 at the Contemporary Arts Festival in Grand Popo, Benin. His short documentary on Ugandan women’s work collectives screened at the UN Women’s Conference, UNESCO in South Korea, and won a Social Impact Media Award in 2019. His film 'Maria el Diablo' received a Brooklyn Film Festival nomination for Best Short Documentary and is available for streaming on MUBI. Justice holds a B.F.A. from New York University Tisch, trained at RADA in London, and later received an M.A. in Art and Public Policy from New York University.
His film 'Earthseed', based on Octavia E. Butler's novel, premiered online at NOWNESS to acclaim and had its live premiere at Cinema Galleggiante (Floating Cinema) art festival in Venice, Italy. Later, 'Earthseed' screened at a large-scale public art exhibition Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens, Greece, and in 2026 at the Contemporary Arts Festival in Grand Popo, Benin. His short documentary on Ugandan women’s work collectives screened at the UN Women’s Conference, UNESCO in South Korea, and won a Social Impact Media Award in 2019. His film 'Maria el Diablo' received a Brooklyn Film Festival nomination for Best Short Documentary and is available for streaming on MUBI. Justice holds a B.F.A. from New York University Tisch, trained at RADA in London, and later received an M.A. in Art and Public Policy from New York University.
