Have you ever awoken in the middle of the night, heart pounding hard from a nightmare? Maybe you tell yourself it's stress, or your comeuppance for snacking too close to bedtime. Or maybe you know better: It's your gut, warning of impending disaster. To watch Nanny is to slip into the spin of that slow-burn terror.
From its first moments, this sensational Sundance standout ushers us not only into the life of Senegalese immigrant Aisha (a mesmerizing Anna Diop) but also into her mind, which...