ABOUT JAINABA

Jainaba M. Seckan is a Gambian-American screenwriter and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioner with experience in higher education, tech, and entertainment. Jainaba enjoys leveraging her subject matter expertise and lived experiences to write features and pilots that explore themes around identity, community, culture, and belonging.

Photo by Christopher Hwisu Kim

Jainaba’s first feature screenplay But Some of Us Are Brave was selected for the 2023 Black List Annual Lab and the 2023 Black List Georgia List, among several other awards.

Read the script on The Black List.