Nijla Mu'min

Regisseur, Producer, Schrijver

Nijla Mu'min is a writer and filmmaker from the East Bay Area. Her work is informed by poetry, photography, fiction, and dance. Named one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2017, she tells stories about Black girls and women who find themselves between worlds and identities. Her short films have screened at festivals across the country. In 2014, she was selected for the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive, and she was the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Screenplay at the 2014 Urbanworld Film Festival, for her script Noor. Nijla attended the 2017 Sundance Institute Sound and Music Design Lab for Jinn. Her short film Dream was acquired by Issa Rae Productions for online streaming in 2017. Her debut feature film, Jinn, starring Zoe Renee, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Simone Missick, premiered at the 2018 South By Southwest Film Festival, where she won the Special Jury Recognition Award for Screenwriting.

Source: https://www.nijlamumin.com/about

Known For

  • Swagger
    Swagger2 seasons
  • Wu-Tang: An American Saga
    Wu-Tang: An American Saga3 seasons
  • Insecure
    Insecure5 seasons
  • Jinn
    Jinn2018
  • East New York
    East New York1 season
  • All Rise
    All Rise3 seasons
  • Reasonable Doubt
    Reasonable Doubt3 seasons
  • Queen Sugar
    Queen Sugar7 seasons

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