The theatrical release of Nikyatu Jusu’s feature directorial debut, “Nanny,” is just days away, and new details are emerging about her follow-up to the Sundance winner. The upcoming Monkeypaw and Universal title will see her expanding her 2019 Sundance short “Suicide by Sunlight,” per Deadline. The feature follows “day-walking Black vampires who are protected from the sun by their melanin,” Jusu explained.

No word on how closely the new project, which Jusu is penning with Fredrica Bailey (“See You Yesterday”), will resemble the original short. Set in the near future in NYC, the short centers on a woman who “finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman