DIASPORA

a film by TYLER MCKENZIE EVANS
starring CARA RICKETTS and RAINBOW SUN FRANCKS
2022 · 15m · Suburban Horror · Black-led

In a Black suburb, a couple begins to notice that their neighbors are disappearing
and white people are moving in.

TIFF | Palm Springs Short Fest | HollyShorts | Urbanworld | Brussels Fantastic | NewFilmmakers LA
Blood in the Snow | Calgary Underground | Kingston Canadian | Kurzfilm Hamburg | McMinnville
Overlook | Regent Park

FAE PICTURES presents
with the participation of CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
HIRE HIGHER WILLIAM F WHITE PANAVISION REDLAB

DIRECTOR BIO
Tyler is a director and screenwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. During his childhood, to escape the mundanity of the suburbs in Mississauga, he would go to the theatres weekly, which is where he discovered his love for storytelling. Tyler’s first short film Teething (2019) was accepted into 2019’s Reelworld Film Festival. He wrote, directed, produced and edited the film. He has just completed his second short film, I Live Here, which he has received funding from Ontario Arts Council, NFB and CBC. It will be streaming on CBC Gem in 2022.  Tyler’s main goal is to create original stories centred around Black people and people of colour. He is currently writing his first feature film.

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The area known as Tkaronto has been caretaken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis. It is now home to many Indigenous Peoples such as the current Treaty 13 holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to share and care for the Great Lakes region.