Safy-Hallan Farah is a writer and editor based in Minneapolis.
Making Time for Ilhan: Filmmaker Norah Shapiro on Documenting a Minnesota Political Superstar
Norah Shapiro’s dramatic feature-length documentary Time for Ilhan follows what turns out to be an ever-evolving story about a historic subject, the unexpected win by Ilhan Omar, now a representative in the Minnesota House and the first Somali-American legislator in the United States. In advance of the film’s local premiere, Shapiro met at Minneapolis’s Safari Restaurant with writer Safy-Hallan Farah to discuss why and how Time for Ilhan got made, the power of independent voice, access, and the choices Shapiro made along the way.