Haaniyah Awale Angus is an essayist, culture journalist, and screenwriter based in North London. She specialises in writing about film, internet culture, body image, mental health, and hot takes that plague her mind.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Communications, Media and Culture with Film Studies from Oxford Brookes University.
Angus' work has appeared in various online publications such as Gal-Dem, Metro, DAZED, Refinery29, VICE, and PAPERMAG. In 2021, her essay, "Keys to the Kingdom", was published by Penguin Random House in the anthology book Black Joy. In the essay, she examines racism in British cinema and deconstructs the concept of representation.
In addition, Angus publishes personal essays on her Substack called in a panoramic & pens a monthly film column for London-based film magazine A Rabbit’s Foot.
recent work
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What Final Destination has taught me about grief
As Final Destination Bloodlines hits cinemas, Haaniyah Awale Angus argues that the film franchise offers profound messages about the precarity of existence.
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Nice For What?
Tales of a well-adjusted woman
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Why have so few films been made by Black women?
As a new season starts at the BFI in London, columnist Haaniyah Angus explores her own viewing blindspots and asks why Black women filmmakers continue to be overlooked by the industry.