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.
Current Projects:
Affordable Housing is a slasher comedy short film about keeping a cheap apartment no matter what. Winner of the Nightmares Film Festival for Best Short Film Screenplay, 13 Horror screenplay competition, and British Horror Film Festival Blood List, the project has received support from Scribe Video, Independent Media Foundation, and the Leeway Foundation. Official Selections 2026: Winter Film Festival NYC, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, Sayville International Film Festival. It is currently in its screening tour.
Black Women Are Scary is a radio-dramatic podcast that celebrates and produces short horror stories by BIPOC authors. Awards and honors include: Velocity Fund, Scribe Video Center Finishing Grant, Awesome Foundation, and Winner of the Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast 2023. It's live version, Black Women Are Scary: In The Flesh, is currently in development, creating vendor opportunities as well as a fun and safe social space for BIPOC & queer horror nerds.
Told from the perspective of the Gun and the Bullet on their last night on Earth, 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. Initially commissioned for the Future Without Guns exhibit, supported by the Pew Arts & Heritage Center, Funeral for The Death Machines was workshopped under the BIPOC Fellowship for New Works at Cannonball Festival. Further support is needed for development and a full production.
B & V Fight Diaries is a short film centering sister werewolf hunters as they document their training. Led by their father, the sisters’ battle rituals are interrupted by killer visions received by B (Barbara) the eldest sister. This disruption cuts the training short as they prepare and leave for what will be the most dangerous hunt of their lives.
This horror action project engages Black women in martial arts, in the action genre, and femmes working in post production. An intimate project that will provide employment opportunities for Black femme artists in this field to show off, go off, and kick butt.
Learn More: https://www.wi-motonyoka.com