Haaniyah Awale Angus is an essayist, film critic, and culture journalist 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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Crush Is A Somali-British Rom-Com That Tackles More Than Young Love
Interview with playwright Hadsan Mohamad on her play Crush.
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To cry or not to cry? With Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’, that really is the question
Chloe Zhao’s moving drama Hamnet has been wrongly labelled ‘emotionally manipulative’ says our columnist. And anyway, what if we could all do with a good weep?
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On belonging and ‘Brooklyn’ (2015)
As John Crowley’s 2015 drama turns 10, our columnist Haaniyah Awale Angus pens a personal reflection on Brooklyn and her sense of estrangement from a stable concept of ‘home’.