It’s not easy being the first, and it’s not easy to make space for yourself to exist and thrive when everyone around you wants you to conform. But Nicole Crentsil, the CEO of the U.K.’s first festival celebrating Black women, girls, and non-binary people, has done both. Healthy friendships. I think that was like something I didn't always have, especially when I first moved here to L.A.TER: They’re all very different. Is there a reason that you think it’s important that young women see themselves reflected on screen like that in so many diverse ways?CM: Oh, the first time I hung out with them. I realized, "Oh, these girls can f*cking skateboard." It was something I didn’t even realize until a few weeks ago and I reflected back at meeting them, just thinking, “These girls are really cute, I love it, I love how they’re trying to do this." But they’re doing it. They’ve been doing it for years. They have YouTube videos. They own it. And they’re not mean girls. I think that the whole mean girl thing is set up because there’s not that much space for girls, so they fight each other to get into that space.TV