I am a thirty-eight-year-old Pakistani documentary filmmaker living in Brooklyn. Whether it's my immigration status, identity as a modern Muslim woman, or my choice of living 8,000 miles away from my family, I often find myself being measured against my surroundings as the world expands with its vast indifference to my trials and tribulations. Standing at just five feet tall, I may be small, but I refuse to be insignificant. This sense of struggle is the essence of my films. I contrast individual stories of love, vulnerability, and resilience with global events, faceless bureaucracies, and the unforgiving identities we are forced to carry in the name of our faiths, races, and nationalities.
Hina Ali, Director/Producer/Editor
Ali’s previous editing and producing credits include the Emmy-nominated feature documentary Among the Believers (Tribeca 2015, PBS), Unladylike2020: The Changemakers (PBS), and Insha’Allah Democracy (DOC NYC Fest 2017, Amazon Prime).
Ali has edited and produced films and shows for PBS, BBC, Vice, Discovery+, Amazon Prime, Starz, Hulu, Cheddar, Magnolia Network, Dawn News, and Aaj News. Her films have been screened at over fifty film festivals in over thirty countries. This includes IDFA, Sheffield International Documentary Film Festival, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Documentary Edge Festival, and Vancouver International Film Festival.
She has served as a juror for the Emmys and IDA Awards.
She is a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow (2013-14) and Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellow (2017).