She has filmed under-documented stories from the Middle East including issues related to Palestine.

She got accepted to Tehran University for a master's degree but could not acquire a visa, and instead went to Cairo to work on a documentary, Control Room.

[3] In 2004, she was the co-writer (with director Jehane Noujaim) and editor of Control Room, a documentary about Al Jazeera.

Bacha and Noujaim received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for the film.

[11] Bacha's latest feature-length documentary, Boycott, which explores anti-BDS laws and related freedom of speech issues, premiered in November 2021 at Doc NYC.