Nikyatu Jusu

Nanny

Nanny

A spellbinding blend of social observation and artful shocks, the debut feature from Nikyatu Jusu plunges into the increasingly fractured consciousness of Aisha (Anna Diop), a Senegalese immigrant who takes a job as a nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City. Separated from her own son and casually exploited by her employers, Aisha finds herself consumed by unsettling visions and a growing rage—one that could either destroy or empower her. This visually captivating tour de force—the first horror movie to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival—distills complex ideas about motherhood, inequality, and cultural dislocation into a work of dreamlike dread.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 2022
  • 98 minutes
  • Color
  • 2.00:1
  • English, Wolof
  • Spine #1196

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital master, approved by director Nikyatu Jusu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed stereo soundtracks
  • New program featuring Jusu, actors Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan, and director of photography Rina Yang
  • Suicide by Sunlight (2019), a short film by Jusu
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién

    New cover by Jeremy Enecio

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital master, approved by director Nikyatu Jusu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio and uncompressed stereo soundtracks
  • New program featuring Jusu, actors Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan, and director of photography Rina Yang
  • Suicide by Sunlight (2019), a short film by Jusu
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and English descriptive audio
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Angelica Jade Bastién

    New cover by Jeremy Enecio
Nanny
Cast
Anna Diop
Aisha
Michelle Monaghan
Amy
Sinqua Walls
Malik
Morgan Spector
Adam
Rose Decker
Rose
Leslie Uggams
Kathleen
Olamide Candide-Johnson
Mariatou
Jahleel Kamara
Lamine
Credits
Director
Nikyatu Jusu
Written by
Nikyatu Jusu
Produced by
Nikkia Moulterie
Produced by
Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Executive producer
Maria Zuckerman
Executive producer
Ryan Heller
Executive producer
Michael Bloom
Executive producer
Jason Blum
Executive producer
Rebecca Cammarata
Executive producer
Nnamdi Asomugha
Executive producer
Bill Benenson
Executive producer
Laurie Benenson
Executive producer
Grace Lay
Executive producer
Sumalee Montano
Executive producer
Nikyatu Jusu
Executive producer
Chris McCumber
Executive producer
Jeremy Gold
Coproducer
Ged Dickersin
Coproducer
Kim Coleman
Director of photography
Rina Yang
Production designer
Jonathan Guggenheim
Editor
Robert Mead
Costume designer
Charlese Antoinette Jones
Music by
Tanerélle
Music by
Bartek Gliniak

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Nanny: Troubled Water
Nanny: Troubled Water

With the full force of her imagination, director Nikyatu Jusu examines the complicated nature of Black motherhood, as well as the importance of Black communion as an antidote to racial oppression.

By Angelica Jade Bastién