Nikyatu Jusu

Nikyatu Jusu is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University. Quotes The inspirations are multifaceted, but mostly, it stems from my mother’s story. I’m first-generation American, I come from a Sierra Leonean family, and in between pursuing her own dreams, my mom did a couple of domestic jobs. I was always curious about how people were treating her in these homes, because I’m fiercely protective of my mother. I just figured it was such ripe territory for horror, because of the nuances of domestic work and the ways that we live in a society that devalues those workers, in spite of them overseeing some of the most intimate aspects of our lives. Right, I agree with you. At this point, the film belongs to the audience, and I’ve heard it called literally five different genres over the course of just [doing interviews] today. So I’m honestly at a point where I don’t really mind whatever the audience member perceives it as; I just hope that expectations don’t get in the way of you allowing yourself to be immersed in the world. It was a delicate balancing act, but over the course of workshopping the project in the Sundance Lab, workshopping the project with our financiers and having an extensive collaboration in the editing room, we were able to find that balance of the supernatural or “surrealistic” elements being more tethered to Aisha’s internal trajectory. They were all challenging. New York is a special place in so many regards, but it’s also very challenging to navigate, because of the density of the population. There’s no reverence, really, for production, because it’s just so par for the course when you live in the city. So people don’t care about walking through the shots [laughs], so it’s really just about having a team who can harness the energy of New York in a way that benefits the film. Those are two of the more visible figures in terms of West African folklore, so anyone who is even superficially aware of those figures will be familiar with them. They also represent different forms of resistance for diasporic people. Exclusive Interview: Writer/director Nikyatu Jusu on the real-life basis and folkloric beings of “NANNY”;By Michael Gingold on November 21, 2022 External links Category:Film directors from the United States Category:Screenwriters from the United States Category:Living people Category:Women from the United States Category:African Americans Category:Duke University alumni Category:New York University alumni