WHAT WE DO
Helmed by Wi-Moto Nyoka, Dusky Projects produces genre projects, events, workshops, and experiences in audio, immersive theater, and mixed media for adult and young adult audiences. The work focuses on inclusive storytelling and equity through the production and celebration of BIPOC artists.
Face the monsters with us on Patreon!
Face the monsters with us on Patreon!
Audio Works
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Black Women Are Scary is a radio-dramatic podcast that celebrates and produces short horror stories by BIPOC authors.
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Dusky Projects is proud to have been a part of the audio production for the incredible anthology Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, where writers from across the globe engage their imaginations in discovering intersectional worlds of generational healing and community-based solutions. The anthology brings new perspectives to the vital genre of climate fiction, with short stories that offer visions of abundance, adaptation, reform, and hope.
Click here to read and listen to Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors and Imagine 2200 Editors' Picks 2023 |
Immersive
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And Then I Wake Up is an immersive project exploring nightmares can move us to action.
Components: Audio - featured on the award winning podcast Black Women Are Scary Art - "In the Umbra" art exhibition at Chimera Gallery Film - premiered at the Exponential Theater Festival Prose - published in Latin American Stories from Flame Tree Publishing. |
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Told from the perspective of the Gun and the Bullet on their last night on Earth, a Funeral for The Death Machines is an immersive musical experience moving from Gospel to House music, transitioning these objects from a symbol of harm to ones of transformation.
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Short Films
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"Wham!" is the story of Aquilah and friends who are the best students at MLK Middle School until their classmates break out into mysterious rage episodes. Our heroes must break the rules to find out the truth and save their school. And their futures.
The film is part of the larger educational project Cold Sweat, which uses scary stories to facilitate discussions with young audiences about what scares us and how to face the monsters together. For more information on upcoming screenings and bringing the project to your school or community center, please go to Cold Sweat. Official Selections 2019-21: MECCAcon International Film Festival Official Latino Short Film Festival, Kwanzaa Film Festival AfroComicCon Film Festival Semi-Finalist 2020: Academy Award Qualifying Rhode Island Flickers' International Film Festival Nominations: Best Webisode, Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble Cast, Out of The World Award (horror, sci-fi & fantasy) Funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation Watch Wham! here |
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Two aliens question their place in the universe while traveling back to their home planet.
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Purgatory. Two women. One way out.
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