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Occupation (s) Film writer and director. Years active. 2015-present. Notable work. Hala. Minhal Baig is an American director, producer, and writer from Chicago, Illinois. [1] She has written and directed three films, 1 Night, Hala and We Grown Now, and written for the television shows Ramy and Bojack Horseman .
Minhal Baig. Writer: Hala. Minhal Baig is a filmmaker. Her latest feature, We Grown Now, about two boys growing up in a Cabrini-Green high rise when a tragedy irrevocably changes their lives, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and awarded the TIFF Changemaker Award. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing.
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Minhal Baig is a filmmaker. Her latest feature, We Grown Now, about two boys growing up in a Cabrini-Green high rise when a tragedy irrevocably changes their lives, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, awarded the TIFF Changemaker Award and Audience Award at Chicago International Film Festival and received Best Picture, Best Cinematography and Best Editing nominations for ...
Oct 18, 2023 · No one’s story is a simple one, and writer-director Minhal Baig’s third feature “We Grown Now” takes care to depict her main characters — two boys growing up and then growing apart in...
May 12, 2024. Minhal Baig 's journey to making We Grown Now was full of nos. The rising filmmaker broke out with 2019's Hala, her semi-autobiographical account of growing up Pakistani American, but she set out to explore a world beyond her own four walls with her next feature.
Apr 28, 2024 · Minhal Baig's 'We Grown Now' follows two Chicago kids in the early 1990s. April 28, 20248:04 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday. Ayesha Rascoe. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. NPR's Ayesha...
For her breakthrough feature, 2019's Hala, Minhal Baig wrote what she knew: The Sundance drama tells the story of a Pakistani-American teenager caught between the spheres of her family life and private life — which collide when she discovers a family secret that could change everything.
