Zinhle is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and producer, commended for her eclectic, and intimate approach to filmmaking. Her films have screened at festivals in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. She has anchored coverage of numerous in-depth features for NBC on hot-button topics and issues.

FEATURED FILMS

Family Portraits: What We Remember, 2026 ⟶

Idi Amin was a brutal and erratic dictator in Uganda, East Africa responsible for the torture, murder and public executions of thousands in the 1970s. Among those targeted: the Wakhweya family. Emmanuel Wakhweya was Uganda’s Minister of Finance when Amin’s terror began.

Wakhweya was an early target – opposed to Amin’s outlandish demands – and, as such, his relatives were tortured, his home ransacked, precious family portraits destroyed. The miraculous escape of Wakhweya and his seven children – is largely credited with through the family’s matriarch: Christine Wakhweya. Since 2018, in lieu of images, her granddaughter, an American journalist, collected their oral history, through intimate interviews and archival footage in a personal short film.

Pregnant and Black: America’s Maternal Mortality Crisis, NBC, 2024 ⟶

Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. This film explores the crisis through the stories of survival and loss of two mothers in the United States navigating one broken health care system.

Sex Work, Decriminalization & Strange Bedfellows, NBC, 2024 ⟶

This feature explores the decriminalization of sex work in the United States. As Maine partially decriminalizes prostitution, some sex workers say it might not be a win for them. Zinhle digs into the debate.

Fear and Faith: Palestinians in America, NBC, 2023 ⟶

As incidents of violence and harassment targeting Palestinian-Americans arose at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, Zinhle anchors coverage with a deeper look at how the community is responding. NBC News reporters speak with Arab leaders from educational and political institutions, as well as Kinnan Abdalhamid, one of the Palestinian-American college students injured in a disturbing attack in Vermont.

Boiling Point: A City’s Fight for Clean Water, NBC, 2022 ⟶

This film spotlights Jackson’s decades long water crisis. Months after a crisis left Jackson, Mississippi, without running water, residents still don’t trust a water system that has plagued them for decades. Zinhle takes us there.

Generation Columbine, NowThis, 2019 ⟶ 

More than two decades after the shooting at Columbine, an entire generation has grown up under the threat of gun violence. This film examines the epidemic of school shootings and their lasting impact through the eyes of survivors. Zinhle is a cinematographer and field producer for this film.