Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King(Movie, 2017)

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 never happened but Minhaj insists that it's based on "emotional truth". ()