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Nikyatu Jusu ( / nɪkˈjɑːtuː ˈdʒuːsuː /) [1] is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Jusu's works center on the complexities of Black female characters and in particular, displaced, immigrant women in the United States.
Nikyatu Jusu is a director, writer and editor of short films and TV series, such as Nanny, Suicide by Sunlight and Two Sentence Horror Stories. She has won several awards and grants, and teaches at George Mason University.
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Nikyatu Jusu is a professor and a director of Nanny, the first horror film to win the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Her films explore themes of race, sexuality, mental health and African Diasporic mythology.
Nov 9, 2022 · Nikyatu Jusu is a Black woman filmmaker who blends West African folklore and horror in her debut feature, Nanny. The film, which won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, follows a Senegalese nanny in New York and her encounters with supernatural and human threats.
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Jan 28, 2022 · Nikyatu Jusu is the second Black woman and the first horror director to win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance for her debut feature 'Nanny'. The film explores the supernatural and cultural forces that haunt a Senegalese immigrant nanny in New York.
Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker who has made short films and a TV episode. She has won awards, screened at festivals and is developing her first feature film.
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Feb 8, 2022 · Nikyatu Jusu is the first horror filmmaker to win the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize at Sundance. Learn how she made her debut feature about a Senegalese nanny in New York with a female-led team.
