Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017)

Directed by

Christopher Storer

Genre

stand-up comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

AL

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 155 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Hasan Minhaj tells stories about growing up as an Indian American Muslim in California. He mixes jokes with personal experiences about family, identity, and racism.

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What happens

Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King is a 2017 American stand-up comedy film written by and starring Hasan Minhaj. It is his first stand-up special and premiered on Netflix on May 23, 2017. Directed by Christopher Storer and filmed in Minhaj's hometown of Davis, California, Homecoming King focuses on Minhaj's experience growing up in an Indian American Muslim family, which he calls "The New Brown America." The special received critical acclaim, with some calling it the best stand-up comedy special on Netflix. The special was honored with a Peabody Award in 2018. In 2023 The New Yorker revealed that the prom story was exaggerated; Minhaj responded that it's based on "emotional truth". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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