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Nijla Mu'min

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 …

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Deluge

MovieDramaFantasy

After witnessing the mass drowning of her friends and struggling with the decision not to jump in, 15-year old Tiana must decide if she will join the order of black mermaids that protect the waters where her friends rest.

Two Bodies

Two Bodies · 2012

A mother-daughter relationship is explored in this touching drama.

Jinn

Summer is a carefree teenage girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person. At first resistant to the faith, she begins to reevaluate her identity after becoming attracted to a Muslim classmate, crossing the thin line between physical desire and piety.

Black Prom

Black Prom · 2021

A Black girl’s dreams of going to the prom are disrupted when she and her boyfriend are faced with a hostile police encounter.

Noor

In the midst of an unexpected tragedy, a Black woman develops a deep connection to an Arab man who works in her neighborhood bodega.

Dream

A young girl strives to rekindle her parent's dwindling romance at their desert town's annual carnival, and learns hard lessons about love in the process.

Insecure

Insecure · 2016

SeriesComedyDrama

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Wu-Tang: An American Saga · 2019

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.

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Deluge

MovieDramaFantasy

After witnessing the mass drowning of her friends and struggling with the decision not to jump in, 15-year old Tiana must decide if she will join the order of black mermaids that protect the waters where her friends rest.

Director

Two Bodies

Two Bodies · 2012

A mother-daughter relationship is explored in this touching drama.

Director

Jinn

Summer is a carefree teenage girl whose world is turned upside down when her mother abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person. At first resistant to the faith, she begins to reevaluate her identity after becoming attracted to a Muslim classmate, crossing the thin line between physical desire and piety.

Director

Black Prom

Black Prom · 2021

A Black girl’s dreams of going to the prom are disrupted when she and her boyfriend are faced with a hostile police encounter.

Director

Noor

In the midst of an unexpected tragedy, a Black woman develops a deep connection to an Arab man who works in her neighborhood bodega.

Director

Dream

A young girl strives to rekindle her parent's dwindling romance at their desert town's annual carnival, and learns hard lessons about love in the process.

Writer

Insecure

Insecure · 2016

SeriesComedyDrama

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Director

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Wu-Tang: An American Saga · 2019

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.

Director

All Rise

All Rise · 2019

SeriesDramaCrime

A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.

Director

Swagger

Swagger · 2021

A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.

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