Nijla Mu'min is a filmmaker and writer from the Bay Area. In 2018, she released the award-winning coming-of-age film Jinn, a movie about a teen (Zoe Renee) whose life is turned upside down when her mother (played by Simone Missick) suddenly converts to Islam. Mu’min has also directed episodic television, including Queen Sugar, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and Swagger.
Films
Jinn
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(2018)
Summer (Zoe Renee) is a 17-year-old carefree Black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother (Simone Missick), a popular meteorologist, abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity.
