How Mira Nair’s cinema shaped Zohran Mamdani’s politics

Filmmaker Mira Nair, celebrated for humanizing the marginalized, is hailed as the true architect behind her son Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as New York City’s first Muslim and South Asian mayor. Her decades of cinematic storytelling, championing empathy and visibility, laid the groundwork for his political philosophy of inclusion and justice, proving art can indeed shape reality.