Aisha Amin

Written By Mike Ambs

Aisha Amin is a filmmaker who is interested in the intersection of cinematic storytelling and non-fiction film, exploring the boundaries of hybrid documentary.

Her work focuses on creating portraits of unique and diverse communities within the US and covers themes such as identity, race, religion, and gentrification.

She is currently in her last semester as the 2019-2020 Sally Burns Shenkman Woman Filmmaker Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center where she has directed two short documentaries. Her last short documentary, Friday, is a portrait of a historically black mosque in Brooklyn, NY and is currently on the festival circuit.

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Friday
Friday

Friday is a short documentary that explores the community within and history of a mosque and religious space in New York that is known as the "bedrock of Brooklyn". A film by Aisha Amin.

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Q&A with Aisha Amin

“Friday was born out of a photography project I did the year before where I explored storefront mosques in and around NYC. I thought the photo project would work well as a visual piece and short documentary...”

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Mike Ambs

I love to film things, tell stories, and read on the subway. I'm pretty sure blue whales are my power animal. 

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