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Minhal Baig is an American director, producer, and writer from Chicago, Illinois. 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 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.
Apr 22, 2024 · While those houses have been destroyed, the families remain, and director Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now documents the history and rhythms of the people who called the high-rises home.
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 ...
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.
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 Chicago’s...
Apr 28, 2024 · "We Grown Now" imagines that time for two young Black boys and their families. There's pain, but also joy and friendship. Minhal Baig wrote and directed the film.
