Growing up, when Diarra Kilpatrick watched murder mystery shows with her grandmother, she never saw Black women driving the narrative. Her new BET+ series seeks to change that. It's called Diarra From Detroit. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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When actor, writer and producer Diara Kilpatrick was a little girl growing up in Detroit, shed snuggle up on the couch with her grandmother to watch murder mystery shows like Mac Lock and Columbo and Perry Mason.
And while she took note that all of the women in her life seemed to be obsessed with these kind of shows, she never saw black women driving the narrative.
Its part of the inspiration for her new series, Diara from Detroit, which recently premiered on beta.
Described as a homegirl whodunit, diarra from Detroit is a dark comedy about a public school teacher going through a divorce who decides to hit the dating scene.
She has an amazing first date with a guy she met on Tinder, but soon after, he ghosts her.
And there begins the hunt to find out why.
Diara's search leads her to a decades old mystery in the crime underbelly of Detroit.
In addition to this latest series, Diarra is an actress, writer and producer who created and starred in the ABC digital original satirical comedy Coco, for which she was nominated for an Emmy award.
She also starred in three seasons of the HBO period drama series Perry Mason.
Diarra Kilpatrick, welcome to Fresh AIR.
Thank you so much.
I am so happy to be here.
I'm really happy to have you.
And I just want to say this work is unlike anything I've ever seen.