Nanny (film)
Nanny is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu. Plot. An undocumented Senegalese working as a nanny for an affluent Manhattan hoping to bring her child she left behind to the U.S. Production. On April 13, 2021 it was announced that Nikyatu Jusu will make her directorial debut with "Nanny", a film that she wrote and is part of the "2020 The Black List" of screenplays that will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. In June 2021, Anna Diop, Michelle Monaghan, Sinqua Walls, Morgan Spector and Phylicia Rashad joined the cast  of the film. Principal photography began in June 2021, in New York City. Release. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022. In March 2022, Amazon Studios and Blumhouse Productions acquired distribution rights to the film in a deal around $7 million, winning them in a competitive situation that also included Sony Pictures Classics and Neon. Jason Blum, who joined the film as an executive producer post-acquisition, remarked: "We’re proud to have writer/director Nikyatu Jusu’s "Nanny" as part of our slate for Amazon. It’s a gem of  a horror film that combines impressive filmmaking and powerful storytelling, and is worthy of the Grand Jury Prize it was awarded at Sundance." The studios plan to release the film both theatrically and on Prime Video. Reception. The film received positive reviews from critics. The site's consensus reads: "Led by Anna Diop's strong central performance, the smartly disquieting "Nanny" is a promising debut for writer-director Nikyatu Jusu". Accolades. It had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022 and won the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition, making Jusu the  second Black female filmmaker to win the prize.