Fatima Jamal
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Fatima Jamal is a Black Trans woman with dark brown skin. She is shown from the chest up in a black and white filter. They have long black hair, they have eyeliner and are in front of a black background. They have their hands posed, one with the back of the hand pressed against the cheek and the other touching the lower part of her hair.

Job title
director   writer  
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trans woman   queer   Black   fat   femme  
Places of practice

Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

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Fatima Jamal is a Black Trans woman with dark brown skin. She is shown from the chest up in a black and white filter. They have long black hair, they have eyeliner and are in front of a black background. They have their hands posed, one with the back of the hand pressed against the cheek and the other touching the lower part of her hair.

Fatima Jamal is a Black Trans woman with dark brown skin. She is shown from the chest up in a black and white filter. They have long black hair, they have eyeliner and are in front of a black background. They have their hands posed, one with the back of the hand pressed against the cheek and the other touching the lower part of her hair.

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Biography

Fatima Jamal (b. 1990) is the writer and director of the forthcoming film No Fats, No Femmes. Named by Teen Vogue as one of the "coolest queers on the internet," Jamal is also known as 'fatfemme', a moniker that encapsulates life at the intersection of fat and femme identity -- "spaces that people are afraid to occupy," she names. A graduate of Morehouse College and The New School, Jamal produces work around the body, specifically exploring and interrogating identity formation, race, gender, sexuality, desire, beauty, and ugliness. Her work has been featured in LA Times, New York Times, TriBeca, & Tate Modern.

Fatima Jamal. “About,” n.d. http://fatimajamal.com.

An interdisciplinary artist and writer living in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Work has been featured in New York Times, LA Times, Jezebel, TriBeca, & Tate Modern.

LinkedIn. “Biography,” n.d. https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatimaj.

I AM THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR of the film No Fats, No Femmes. My practice considers those [of us] discarded (“the least of these”) and disappeared from Black collective imaginings and networks of care. My art is where I pour out my feelings and assume the work of getting my house in order—a “balm in Gilead.” I believe that we are better healed and whole than distracted and entertained. I wonder where in the world Black trans women are truly safe.

Artforum. “Project: Fatima Jamal,” n.d. https://www.artforum.com/print/202006/project-fatima-jamal-83293.
Filmography