“ZOHRAN MAMDANI / THE STRATEGIST OF NEW YORK” / DOCUMENTARY

In the autumn of 2025, the skyline of New York City shimmered beneath the golden glow of change. Amid the chaos of sirens, streetlights, and ambition, a quiet revolution was taking shape.
A young man — born half a world away, in Uganda — had just made history.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani — New York’s youngest mayor, its first Muslim, its first of Indian descent.
A story of migration, struggle, and the rebirth of urban politics had begun. Kampala, Uganda — October 18, 1991.
A baby is born to two dreamers: Mahmood Mamdani, the scholar, and Mira Nair, the storyteller.
Their lives were filled with movement — Africa to India, then onward to America.
When Zohran was just seven, the family arrived in New York.
A city that would challenge him, define him, and one day — elect him. In classrooms of the Bronx, Zohran learned that brilliance meant nothing if it wasn’t shared.
He studied at The Bronx High School of Science — a world of equations, competition, and diversity.
Between cricket matches and subway rides, he discovered his first truth —
that power is built not in offices, but in communities.