MONDA RAQUEL WEBB is an award-winning author, filmmaker and performing artist. She is an independent storyteller dedicated to telling little known stories hidden in the crevices of history’s pages. A visual archeologist, she’s committed to organic storytelling from a woman’s lens, that elevates, educates, and uplifts humanity.
After graduating with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Rhode Island in 1990, Monda began her production career as a traffic coordinator for City Cable 16, a municipal channel in Washington, DC. She quickly climbed the ranks and served in all aspects of production, from grip, to production assistant, to producer to on-air talent. As producer, she won awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) for Production in several different categories.
Monda, voted Filmmaker of the Year in 2020 by the National Black Movie Association, established Little Known Stories Production Company, LLC in 2015. Monda’s two short films Zoo (Volkerschau) and Pooch Sitter have played the festival circuit since 2015 and won several awards nationally, and internationally.
Storytelling is the heartbeat through which Monda navigates her life. She serves as juror for film festivals in Maryland, Washington, DC, Texas, New York and France. She is a juror for the NAACP Image Awards and for the NAACP ACT-SO Competition, in the category of Poetry and Film. Additionally, she judges a youth competition for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Recently, Monda was commissioned to write and perform poetry for L’Accion (Financial Inclusion Week) and The MasterCard Foundation for women/girls and inclusion and youth, climate change and the Corona virus respectively. Enjoy a couple of Monda’s performances on Artificial Intelligence and World Affairs from a few years ago: (Ones and Zeroes, the Bias Murders) and ( The New Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Either, for Gil Scott Heron).
Monda participates in her fair share of activism and social impact. As such, during the pandemic, she curated a monthly discussion series entitled, The Healing Chronicles: Reframing Race Relations in America. The idea being to mitigate racism by deep diving into history, drawing parallels to the present, and to come up with viable solutions as to where we go from here.
Monda serves as Executive Vice President for Women in Film and Video, Washington, DC (WIFV-DC) and is the Programming Coordinator and Board Member of the Chesapeake Film Festival. She is a member of the first Black Sorority for Women, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. , Theta Omega Omega Chapter, and a member of Gamma Xi Phi, a Fraternity for the Arts. In 2021, Monda won a Leader Award for Consumer Advocate by the National Association of Women in Real Estate for her work in the arts. She was also a regular contributor (Host) for Black Art in America (Readers and Reel Folk) online programming for the arts.
Monda’s current project is a Documentary entitled “Portraits in Black: Honoring Our National Treasures” which tells the stories of eight African-Americans who’ve lived through watershed moments that changed the trajectory of this country’s history.
“As a filmmaker, if I don’t make you laugh, cry or throw something at the screen, I have failed. We all deserve to feel something. Thus, I choose to tackle topics that challenge the status quo. I aim to raise the rug under which many secrets are held. The truth is refreshing, truth frees.” — monda
Additionally, Monda has written and published four books.
She serves on the following boards:
Women in Film and Video DC – WIFV-DC – Executive Vice President (2021-2023)
Consumer Action – Board Member
Chesapeake Film Festival (CFF) – Programming Coordinator