Age: 36
female
Nia DaCosta (born November 8, 1989) is an American filmmaker. She rose to prominence with her feature-length directorial debut, Little Woods (2018), a crime thriller, which won the Nora Ephron Prize for Female Filmmakers at the Tribeca Film Festival. After working on other projects, most notably directing two episodes of the British thriller series Top Boy in 2019, DaCosta became the first Black female director to debut at No. 1 at the U.S. box office for the weekend opening of the horror film Candyman (2021). She then became the first black woman to direct a Marvel Comics film with The Marvels (2023), which, despite being a box-office bomb, became the highest-grossing film directed by a black woman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nia DaCosta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
In 1960s Louisiana, Caroline, a Black maid working for a Jewish family, discovers a twenty-dollar bill in the pocket of young Noah's pants. Caught between her desperate need for money and her moral compass, she decides to keep it—a choice that spirals into unexpected consequences. As the family grapples with the theft and Caroline wrestles with guilt and defiance, their worlds collide in a transformative exploration of race, class, and redemption. Set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights era, this intimate yet sweeping musical examines how one small act of transgression can unearth deeper truths about dignity, forgiveness, and change. Through soaring melodies and raw emotional honesty, the story reveals how people from different worlds can challenge each other to grow.
