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NIA DaCosta is the first Black woman to direct a Marvel movie.
The 30-year-old director of The Marvels is a writer-director used to a certain level of autonomy.
Working with Marvel had been a long-held dream for her, but there would be risks.
Ryan Coogler suggested that she just be herself.
The Marvels is one of the few female-fronted films in the studio's superhero universe.
The first Black woman to direct a film that opened at number one in the box office.
DaCosta is pleased with the multiplicity of places she could put her stamp on the characters.
At $130 million , The Marvels is the highest-budgeted film ever helmed by a Black woman.
DaCosta is also attached to direct an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s novel The Water Dancer .
She plans to take a break after eight years of working constantly for eight years .
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