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Author Nijla Mu'Min

Nijla Mu'Min

Nijla Mu'min is a writer and filmmaker from the East Bay Area. 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. Her filmmaking and screenwriting have been recognized by the Sundance Institute, IFP, and the Princess Grace Foundation. She recently directed her first feature, Jinn, starring Zoe Renee and Simone Missick (Luke Cage).

Secrets of the Harvest: Queen Sugar Season 2 Episode 13 Recap

Nijla Mu'Min
October 25, 2017
TV
“Just because you wish something is meant to be, doesn’t mean it is.” ~Nova There’s a beautiful, painful circularity to this week’s episode of “Queen Sugar.” It begins with Ralph Angel and Darla outside of t... Read More

Queen Sugar Season 2 Episode 12 Recap: ‘Live in the All Along’

Nijla Mu'Min
October 18, 2017
TV
Queen Sugar is a show for directors. From the first frame of this episode, to the last, we are let into a carefully designed visual canvas of color, performance, and meaning. There was a time when the anticipat... Read More

The Past is Present in the Mid-Season Premiere of ‘Queen Sugar’

Nijla Mu'Min
October 4, 2017
TV
In this week’s mid-season premiere of “Queen Sugar,” we see that new beginnings often require a reckoning with the past. The episode, “Yet Do I Marvel,” named for a poem by famed Harlem Renaissance writer Count... Read More

Lena Waithe Delivers a Moving Exploration of Sexual Identity in ‘Master of None’

Nijla Mu'Min
May 19, 2017
TV
In the “Thanksgiving” episode of Aziz Ansari’s Master of None (Netflix), Lena Waithe delivers a moving exploration of sexual identity. Over the course of several Thanksgiving dinners, we witness her character D... Read More

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