Visiting Filmmakers Series: Nikyatu Jusu, with Nanny
Screening
Hosted by Nikyatu Jusu
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From 5:00 PM GMT on Wed, Mar 13, 2024 To 8:00 PM GMT on Wed, Mar 13, 2024 |
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Johnson Center, Fairfax, VA, USA (View Map) |
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About Visiting Filmmakers Series: Nikyatu Jusu, with NannyJoin us for a free screening of Nanny, the brilliant feature film debut by Nikyatu Jusu. Nanny had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize, the first horror film ever to win this award at Sundance.
Our screening will be followed by a conversation with Nikyatu Jusu, Screenwriting and Directing Professor for George Mason University's Film and Video Studies Program.
"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"
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