[6][7] She studied law before moving to the United States,[8] where she attended Howard University and graduated with a MFA in Filmmaking.
[2][4][5] Her directorial debut was En Vogue, which was shot by Bradford Young and Arthur Jafa was released in 2014.
[1] Her video work is included in the Afrofuturist Period Room exhibition Before Yesterday We Could Fly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
[10] Nkiru has directed music videos for Beyoncé, Kamasi Washington and Neneh Cherry.
She was the second unit director of Ricky Saiz’s video for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, "APESHIT" .