‘Diarra From Detroit’ Creator Says Series Is an ‘Unapologetically Black Show’ That Invites ‘Everyone to Join the Party’
variety.comAramide Tinubu Diarra Kilpatrick knows two things intimately: Black women and the city of Detroit. Unsurprisingly, the writer-actor’s stellar freshman dramedy, BET+’s “Diarra From Detroit,” which follows a recently separated school teacher entangled in a decades-long mystery, pays homage to this group of women and her hometown.
Kilpatrick leads the series as Diarra, who moves into her childhood home following an explosive fight with her husband, Francois (Morris Chestnut).
Unwilling to confront her deteriorating marriage, Diarra distracts herself with a Tinder date. However, after she’s subsequently ghosted, she lets rage and insomnia consume her.
Determined to get some answers, she embarks on a quest to find the date that disappeared and solve an infamous case about a missing young boy.
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