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Nijla Mumin

Nijla Mumin

Writer, Director, Producer

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Biography

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.

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3 wins and 8 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

2

Type

Year

Black News Tonight with Marc Lamont Hill TV Series2021Self

Behind the Lens: Nijla Mu'min Poster

Behind the Lens: Nijla Mu'min Short Film2018Self

Writer

11

Type

Year

Black Prom Poster

Black Prom Short Film2021

Blindspotting Poster

Blindspotting TV Series2021

Swagger TV Series2021

Jinn Feature Film2018

Dream Short Film2015

Deluge Short Film2014

Jessica's Mom (or the Science of Triangles) Feature Film2012

Two Bodies Poster

Two Bodies Short Film2011

Lye Short Film2008

Post Trauma Short Film2008

Days with Zahrah TV Series2005

Director

14

Type

Year

East New York Poster

East New York TV Series2022

Black Prom Poster

Black Prom Short Film2021

Swagger TV Series2021

All Rise Poster

All Rise TV Series2019

Wu-Tang: An American Saga Poster

Wu-Tang: An American Saga TV Series2019

Jinn Feature Film2018

Insecure Poster

Insecure TV Series2016

Queen Sugar Poster

Queen Sugar TV Series2016

Dream Short Film2015

Deluge Short Film2014

Jessica's Mom (or the Science of Triangles) Feature Film2012

Two Bodies Poster

Two Bodies Short Film2011

Lye Short Film2008

Post Trauma Short Film2008

Producer

7

Type

Year

Jinn Feature Film2018

Dream Short Film2015

Deluge Short Film2014

Jessica's Mom (or the Science of Triangles) Feature Film2012

Two Bodies Poster

Two Bodies Short Film2011

Lye Short Film2008

Days with Zahrah TV Series2005

Editor

5

Dream Short Film2015

Deluge Short Film2014

Two Bodies Poster

Two Bodies Short Film2011

Lye Short Film2008

Post Trauma Short Film2008

Other Crew

2

Type

Year

Middle of Nowhere Poster

Middle of Nowhere Feature Film2012

A Model Citizen Poster

A Model Citizen Short Film2008

Art Department

1

The Ballad of Caution Jack Poster

The Ballad of Caution Jack Video2013

Cinematographer

1

Lye Short Film2008

Sound Department

1

Lye Short Film2008

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