, a young immigrant from Senegal who leaves her son behind while she sets up their new life in the US. To make ends meet, she ends up working as a – yes, you guessed it – nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City. However, Aisha is haunted by a violent presence that begins to invade both her dreams and reality, and threatens to destroy everything she's fought for. Blending West African folklore with real life horror, Nanny is certainly a horror movie that stands apart from the crowd exploring race, social identity and socioeconomic status. Anna Diop delivers a stunningly nuanced performance as Aisha and it's a role very close to home for the actress, who immigrated from Senegal to America herself when she was six. It reminded me of my own mother… and it reminded me of how difficult that was for her. How lonely it was for her and how confusing, and her perseverance and savvy during that time,' Anna told Metro.co.uk. She added: 'When we got to Houston she became a hair braider for many years and ran a daycare out of our home, then went to work for other families, so it just reminded me of all the ways she was always finding ways to survive, make ends meet and hustle. 'So it brought up all of those experiences that I witnessed my mother going through when we first moved.' Anna, who has also starred in Jordan Peele's Us and 24: Legacy, loved sinking her teeth into the layered character of Aisha, who appears calm and level-headed but has no problem in standing up for herself against her employers. 'What's interesting about when you witness Aisha becoming bolder and less apologetic, those are also her being imbued with the Mami Wata, these symbols of resistance, rebellion and chaos agents,' she explained. 'I lov){kind=link}
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It’s rare to come across a horror movie that puts a strong and powerful Black woman at the centre, but Amazon Prime Video’s Nanny does just that.
The feature length directorial debut of rising filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny follows Aisha (Anna Diop), a young immigrant from Senegal who leaves her son behind while she sets up their new life in the US. To make ends meet, she ends up working as a – yes, you guessed it – nanny for a wealthy white family in New York City.
However, Aisha is haunted by a violent presence that begins to invade both her dreams and reality, and threatens to destroy everything she’s fought for.
Blending West African folklore with real life horror, Nanny is certainly a horror movie that stands apart from the crowd exploring race, social identity and socioeconomic status.