“I really thought I should tell a story about women who live in a rural part of America, particularly those who are poor, and how that affects them not just as people, but as women. And how poverty can be a gendered experience.”

American filmmaker

Nia DaCosta is an American filmmaker who emerged as a notable new voice with her feature debut, Little Woods, released in 2018. Her work first drew wider attention through that film and the recognition it received on the festival circuit. Little Woods earned a nomination for the American Independent Award for Best Feature Film at the Denver Film Festival and won the Nora Ephron Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her public profile is closely tied to that debut and to her work in film.