NANNY
In Nikyatu Jusu's mesmerizing feature debut — a horror-laced psychological thriller which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, becoming the first horror film and second film directed by a Black woman to do so — Aisha (Anna Diop, US) is a recent immigrant from Senegal hired to care for the daughter of an affluent couple (Michelle Monaghan, TRUE DETECTIVE, and Morgan Spector, HOMELAND) in New York City. Haunted by the absence of the young son she left behind, Aisha hopes her new job will afford her the chance to bring her child to the U.S., but her employers' volatile home life leaves her increasingly unsettled and adrift. As her son's arrival approaches, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening the fragile American dream she is painstakingly piecing together. Rejecting jump scares and gore in favor of a subtle tension and bold visual style, NANNY is a potent look at the immigrant experience, motherhood, exploitation and privilege. (Note adapted from Amazon Studios.) DIR/SCR Nikyatu Jusu; PROD Nikkia Moulterie, Daniela Taplin Lundberg. U.S., 2022, color, 99 min. In English and Wolof with English subtitles. RATED R
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Opening Date: Saturday, April 08, 2023
Genre: Horror thriller
