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Review: ‘Nanny’ offers a refreshing take on the worker-immigrant experience

Winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, NYU alum Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature takes a new approach to portraying the immigrant experience. The film is playing in select theaters and will be made available for streaming on Amazon Prime starting on Dec. 16.

Madeline Kane, Staff Writer • November 30, 2022

In American pop culture, the immigrant experience is typically portrayed with shaky camera movements, dull and colorless settings, and people who are physically, emotionally and...

Part Dream, Part Nightmare: Babysitting in the City

From paying for taxis to keeping mommy’s dark secrets, students share their bizarre babysitting experiences.

Amina Frassl, Contributing Writer • April 30, 2019

“It literally turned into chaos, with me having to babysit these two blackout adults,” CAS junior Laila Petra said. When babysitting the 4-year-old son of an Australian...

Student life as: Nanny, babysitter

Emily Harris • November 17, 2014

“I made more money than any of my friends with regular jobs and realized how much potential I had to be a nanny in New York rather than a retail job," O'Brien said.