Captain Marvel's Nia DaCosta and 9 Other Black Female Directors You Should Know

Nia DaCosta is now officially the first Black woman to direct a Marvel Film. Captain Marvel 2 will star Brie Larsen and will be directed by DeCosta, who also directed the upcoming horror film Candyman. CANDYMAN, at the intersection of white violence and black pain, is about unwilling martyrs. The people they were, t... -- Nia DaCosta (@Nia DaCosta)1592411883.0 Born in Brooklyn, DaCosta was inspired to make films after watching Apocalypse Now. In 2015, her breakout feature, Little Woods, was cho...