Nijla Mu'min

Nijla Mu'min has written and directed for television on shows like "Insecure" and "Queen Sugar." In 2018, she made her feature film debut with "Jinn," a Black Muslim coming of age story.

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'Jinn' (2018) by Nijla Mu'min

Vibe: "Jinn" is a beautiful, tender coming-of-age story, with a similar vibe to last year's "Lady Bird" (Gerwig, 2017). It raises interesting questions about identity and explores them using the Islamic concept of jinn. The film opens with an explanatory intertitle: While the tone
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