Nanny Q&A with Nikyatu Jusu

Austin Film Festival's On Story

Austin Film Festival was proud to recognize Nikyatu Jusu during our annual Awards Luncheon as the 2022 New Voice Award recipient, an award intended to spotlight unique and captivating new voices in film, television, and new media.

Nanny is a psychologically complex horror-thriller which follows Aisha, a recently-emigrated woman from Senegal who is hired to care for the daughter of an unbalanced white couple living in New York's Tribeca neighborhood. Through her work, Aisha begins to unravel, begging the question: When does the American Dream look more like a nightmare?

Barbara Morgan sat down with Nikyatu Jusu at a post-screening Q&A at the Austin Film Festival.

Clips of Nanny courtesy of Amazon Studios.