Nikyatu Jusu
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Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American independent filmmaker and Assistant Professor in Film & Video at George Mason University. Jusu's works centers the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, immigrant women in the United States. She is best known for her 2022 horror film Nanny, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Executive Producer
Senegalese immigrant Aisha lands a job as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in Senegal, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening to destroy the American Dream she is painstakingly piecing together.
Screenplay
Senegalese immigrant Aisha lands a job as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in Senegal, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening to destroy the American Dream she is painstakingly piecing together.
Director
Senegalese immigrant Aisha lands a job as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple. As she prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in Senegal, a violent presence begins to invade both her dreams and her reality, threatening to destroy the American Dream she is painstakingly piecing together.
Writer
Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters.
Director
Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters.
Producer
A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.
Writer
A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.
Director
A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens maneuver a Summer day they'll never forget.
Editor
A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.
Writer
A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.
Director
A psychiatric casualty of war recently returned to the US, Sonya's imagined sense of normalcy crumbles around her; she must hunt or become the hunted.
Director
Assistant Director
Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.
Editor
Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.
Editor
Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
Writer
Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
Director
Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.
Director
Sequel and franchise restarter to the original 1968 classic directed by George A. Romero
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