Horror film The Nanny won Best Picture at Sundance

Mixing horror with African myths

At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, horror film “Nanny” took home the award for best film of the year. The American film mixes African mythology and horror and in the film English and the Wolof language are spoken in West Africa.

That horror movies usually Getting big snacks at Sundance is nothing new at all. Some previous examples of this Witch, relic And Babadook. On the other hand, it is not at all clear that a horror movie will take the title of best movie of the year, which it has now. Nanny.

Nanny is a horror-thriller about undocumented Senegalese Aisha, who begins work as a nanny for a wealthy couple in Manhattan. While she quickly wins the love of her young daughter, she just becomes a pawn in the game around the couple’s happy facade.

film director and screenwriter, Nikiato GusuHe has roots in Sierra Leone and is the hero of the film Anna Diop The same comes from Senegal. In addition to addressing issues of motherhood and immigration, the film also uses African folklore in its narration.

when Nanny Arrival to Sweden is currently unknown. Anyone who wants to watch a movie with a similar theme can see it his house On Netflix, on our list of 11 horror movies, many are missing but must-watches.