Nia DaCosta

We're good.

Everything's fine.

And so the 50s have this energy.

And it's no surprise the 60s came right after, you know, with this explosion of freedom, this questioning of like, what is freedom?

What does freedom look like?

from like a sexual point of view, but then also like, you know, the civil rights movement in America in particular exploded in this time.

So I think the 50s were this time of a reaction to trauma in a way that I found really fascinating.

And that reaction was safety comes in conformity.

And because this film is about people trying to find safety and fighting against that conformity, I thought it was a really interesting parallel.

Oh my God, girl.

Is it?

I'm a bit of a stoic, I think, capital S, when it comes to trying to navigate the horrors of humanity in our present day.

And history really helps me to sort of process what's happening, the cyclical nature of it.

And I think it is what's happening right now.

The world is so confusing.

There's so many forces we don't understand.

Social media is as scary as nuclear weapons.

And we just want to feel safe.

And I think that's where trad wives come from, by the way.

Oh, my gosh.