@nijla1
Writer. Director. Poet. Essayist. Singer.
Remembering Khalid Waajid, Who Documented 40 Years of Black Muslim Life in Oakland | KQED
Remembering Khalid Waajid, Who Documented 40 Years of Black Muslim Life in Oakland | KQED
Butterfly visual poem
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Butterfly visual poem
Butterfly. đŚ A short, meditative visual poem about trauma, catharsis and flight. based on my poem “trauma butterfly.” a beautiful collaboration, starring me. loved being in front of the camera for once. I’m still fighting, still flying. Director/Editor/Colorist: Mustafa Mahdi DP: James Bragg AD: Celai Ahmadzai AC/PA: Jay Rivers background vocals: Nijla Mu'min A Chosen One Film Group and Sweet Potato Pie Productions collaboration
Astro Burger cine-poem
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Astro Burger cine-poem
My upcoming feature film Mosswood Park receives the SFFILM Grant
My upcoming feature film Mosswood Park receives the SFFILM Grant
SFFILM has announced the 17 recipients for the 2023 SFFILM Rainin Grant, awarded in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, which includes $425,000 in funding and professional support forâŚ
Director's Cut: Nijla Muâmin - Breaking Barriers in Cinema
Director's Cut: Nijla Muâmin - Breaking Barriers in Cinema
Step into the captivating world of this visionary storyteller.
In âBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever,â Water Holds Wisdom About Grief | KQED
In âBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever,â Water Holds Wisdom About Grief | KQED
After Chadwick Boseman's death, the film feels perfectly poised for a post-pandemic world marked by loss.
'Love me Before the City Disappears': Poet Nijla Muâmin KQED Podcast
'Love me Before the City Disappears': Poet Nijla Muâmin KQED Podcast
April is National Poetry Month! And before it ends, we want to celebrate contemporary poetry inspired by life in the Bay Area.
Interview with Marc Lamont Hill on Black News Channel
Interview with Marc Lamont Hill on Black News Channel
How âInsecure,â âGentefiedâ and âBlindspottingâ Explore Race and Place in a Uniquely California Way
How âInsecure,â âGentefiedâ and âBlindspottingâ Explore Race and Place in a Uniquely California Way
Los Angeles and Oakland take starring roles in the television shows âInsecure,â âGentefiedâ and âBlindspotting,â which bring audiences new takes on those cities and the people who live there. The shows follow Black and Latino characters trying to navigate adulthood, life choices, relationshipsâ all amid rapidly changing neighborhoods. We talk about how those shows broke
My Website
My Website
Black Prom- Netflix short film
Black Prom- Netflix short film
A Black girlâs dreams of going to the prom are disrupted when she and her boyfriend are faced with a hostile police encounter. Nijla Mu'min is an Easy Bay Ar...
To be a Black Girl, and To Be Protected- KING RICHARD review
To be a Black Girl, and To Be Protected- KING RICHARD review
To protect the light, hope and confidence in young girls is beautiful, and it happens in the new film about Serena and Venus Williamsâ family.
Baby Girl - short story
Baby Girl - short story
not the usual blog. i post new poetry, fiction, prose, and personal essays here.
My Curated Film Collection for Juneteenth on Apple TV
My Curated Film Collection for Juneteenth on Apple TV
âJuneteenth is a day to remember our ancestorsâ lives, their dreams, and their pain. It is also a day to acknowledge that we are still facing many of the injustices that were rooted in, and born from, the system of enslavement in this country.â - Apple TV
BLINDSPOTTING- Episode 106
BLINDSPOTTING- Episode 106
Nijla Mu'min Creates a Black Muslim Coming-of-Age Story
Nijla Mu'min Creates a Black Muslim Coming-of-Age Story
KQED Essay- For a Young Girl in the Bay Area, DMX Made Sense of Life's Emotional Complexities
KQED Essay- For a Young Girl in the Bay Area, DMX Made Sense of Life's Emotional Complexities
DMX's vulnerability showed my generation a new way of understanding the world we would soon enter.
Deadline- The Black List Reveals Inaugural "Muslim List" Scripts
Deadline- The Black List Reveals Inaugural "Muslim List" Scripts
The Muslim List is an initiative focusing on screenwriters who are followers of Islam, an often underrepresented group in Hollywood.
Watch Jinn, my feature film on Amazon
KQED Essay- "For Filmmaker Nijla Muâmin, Loving Bay Area Hip-Hop is Complicated"
KQED Essay- "For Filmmaker Nijla Muâmin, Loving Bay Area Hip-Hop is Complicated"
In this personal essay, Muâmin meditates on women not always feeling like equal participants in a culture theyâve celebrated.
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