She received a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program for her work on Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
[3] She launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the film, a documentary about strict behavioral roles for studs and femmes in Black lesbian communities.
[9] In 2019, Onuorah and co-director/co-producer Giselle Bailey released a documentary called Burn Down the House about Parisian dancer Kiddy Smile, which premiered at NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival.
[2] In 2021, Onuorah and Bailey directed and produced the documentary The Legend of the Underground, about the Nigerian LGBTQ community and its members who have left the country seeking asylum due to anti-LGBTQ laws.
[5] In 2022, Onuorah directed the eight-episode Amazon Prime Video reality series Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.