Behind the Lens: Nijla Mu'min - Production & Contact Info

Behind the Lens: Nijla Mu'min (2018)
Short | Documentary, Short

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Behind the Lens: Nijla Mu'min (2018)

Short | Documentary, Short

Nijla Mu'min didn't grow up with much media that reflected her experience as an African-American Muslim woman, so she created her own. Her semi-autobiographical film, Jinn, follows a teen girl named Summer as she navigates friendship, love...See moreNijla Mu'min didn't grow up with much media that reflected her experience as an African-American Muslim woman, so she created her own. Her semi-autobiographical film, Jinn, follows a teen girl named Summer as she navigates friendship, love, sexuality-and all the confusing territory that comes with being a teenager-while adjusting to her mom's newfound Islamic faith. "I love the African-American Muslim community I was born into, but just like many teenage girls and teenagers, I began to question a lot as I got older," says Mu'min, who was born and raised in the East Bay and attended masjid in East Oakland. After Summer's mom converts to Islam, her expectations of her daughter clash with Summer's lived reality as a high schooler in Los Angeles, where Mu'min shot the film. Questions of family and belonging, faith and community arise as Summer attempts to balance her religion and the pressures of being a teen-something Mu'min went through as a young girl in Hayward, though she says her parents weren't quite as strict. Mu'min, whose directorial credits include Oprah's hit series Queen Sugar, addresses these threads of inquiry with skill; her characters don't have all the answers, and the messy ways they respond to their complex circumstances makes them feel all the more human. Written by KQED Arts See less

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