{"id":84585,"date":"2018-10-01T18:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2018\/10\/01\/trailer-poster-to-nijla-mumins-coming-of-age-film-jinn\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T01:33:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T01:33:46","slug":"trailer-poster-to-nijla-mumins-coming-of-age-film-jinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/trailer-poster-to-nijla-mumins-coming-of-age-film-jinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer & Poster To Nijla Mu\u2019min’s Coming-of-Age Film Jinn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trailer & Poster To Nijla Mu\u2019min’s Coming-of-Age Film Jinn<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 1, 2018<\/p>\n

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Orion Classics<\/strong> has release the trailer to the upcoming drama JINN<\/strong>. Written and directed by Nijla Mu\u2019min<\/strong> (Dream), the film stars Zoe Renee<\/strong> (BET\u2019s The Quad), Simone Missick<\/strong> (Netflix\u2019s The Defenders), Kelvin Harrison, Jr.<\/strong> (Monsters and Men, Luce), Dorian Missick<\/strong> (Lucky Number Slevin), Hisham Tawfiq<\/strong> (NBC\u2019s The Blacklist), Damien D. Smith<\/strong> (The Smile Man) and Kelly Jenrette<\/strong> (Hulu\u2019s The Handmaid\u2019s Tale).<\/p>\n

JINN made its world premiere at this year\u2019s SXSW Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Award for writing. The film also won awards at the American Black Film Festival for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Zoe Renee), the Blackstar Film Festival for Best Feature Narrative and Audience Award and at the Roxbury Film Festival for Best Narrative Feature.<\/p>\n

Orion Classics will release the drama in theaters on November 15th and on VOD and Digital HD on November 16th.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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JINN was produced by Sweet Potato Pie Production\u2019s Avril Z. Speaks (Sophisticated Romance), Morgan’s Mark Production\u2019s Maya Emelle (Solace) and Arielle Saturne (Wild Oats) and was executive produced by Elton Brand<\/strong> (All Eyez on Me), Angela Harvey<\/strong> (ABC\u2019s Station 19), Jason Kampf<\/strong> (BIT X BIT: In Bitcoin We Trust), Mike C. Manning<\/strong> (ABC\u2019s Six Degrees of Separation), Shandra L. McDonald<\/strong> (A Cross to Bear, The Last Adam), Amy McGary<\/strong> (Fist Fight, The Terminator), Kristen McGary<\/strong> (Driving Miss Daisy) and Confluential Films\u2019 Billy Mulligan<\/strong> (Own\u2019s Black Love, Jonathan) and Tommy Oliver<\/strong> (Own\u2019s Black Love).<\/p>\n

In JINN, Summer (Renee) is a 17-year-old carefree black girl, whose world is turned upside down when her mother, a popular meteorologist named Jade Jennings (Simone Missick), abruptly converts to Islam and becomes a different person, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity.<\/p>\n