Nailah is a documentary creative producer and director with over a decade and a half of experience in non-fiction TV and documentary film. 

Her latest project, Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a 4-part Dr. Henry Louis Gates helmed documentary series, premiered in January 2025 on PBS. She’s most known for her work as one of the producers of the Emmy-nominated six-part Netflix/ Fusion docuseries Who Killed Malcolm X? which helped exonerate two wrongly convicted men in 2021. Over the years, she’s helped produce and develop dozens of acclaimed nonfiction films, series, and programs for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, History, CNN, AMC, Discovery, FX, FUSE, and more, including daytime talk shows The Oprah Winfrey Show and Anderson Live (with Anderson Cooper). 

She’s based in Brooklyn, hails from Chicago, and holds pride in her African American and Haitian American roots. As a passionate storyteller, her focus is on stories that amplify the voices and experiences of the under-heard and under-represented, complicate mainstream narratives, and educate viewers about the world around them. Her upcoming independent filmmaking highlights the theme of self-determination in the African Diaspora.