Nia DaCosta
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I had no idea I was going to be the first black woman with a number one film.
Absolutely no idea.
I was kind of dumbfounded by that because, to me...
You know, I grew up with Casey Lemons and Gina Prince-Bythewood making films.
And, you know, I was in college when Ava was making her films.
Ava DuVernay, yeah.
And so I thought it was Ava or Gina.
And so it was kind of amazing.
And, of course, I'm so proud of it.
And then I think, wow, we got a ways to go, guys.
But I love what the landscape is doing right now.
And I felt that when I was making my first films, I really felt, oh, I think they're actually opening the door to us right now.
So I better run through it before it closes.
And now I'm at the top puffing and puffing, like, okay, time to take a little break before I go up the rest of these flights.
I think I have this feeling of having to prove myself.