Episode: The House of Blaine
Network: BET+
Studio: BET Studios
Creator: Diarra Kilpatrick
Director(s): Chioke Nassor, Brennan Shroff, Sadé Clacken Joseph, America Young
Writer(s): Diarra Kilpatrick, Miles Orion Feldsott, Mark Ganek, Jacob Copithorne, Doug Hall, Lisa McQuillan, Esa Lewis, Helen Krieger, Ester Lou
Starring: Diarra Kilpatrick, Morris Chestnut, Claudia Logan, Dominque Perry, Bryan Terrell Clark, Shannon Wallace , Jon Chaffin, David Zayas, Harry Lennix, Paul Ben-Victor, Bechir Sylvain, Kash Doll, John Salley, Icewear Vezzo, Julio Macias
Diarra, Diarra, Diarra, what have you gotten you and your crew into now? She is looking for the OG stripper Flora and wants to know what, if any, involvement she has with Velvet. Chris and Deonte.
Mr. T is shot in the leg and can’t go to the hospital.
What was the reason they were never able to have children? Are Diarra and Swa getting back together?
Looks can be deceiving. What is his involvement with the mob fixer? Swa with his button-down, corporate look, is he involved with the mob?
Moni’s husband Roman appears to be in some kind of trouble. Does it involve the Velvet and the underworld?
Deonte’ mom Vonda tells Diarra, “Courage is doing shit. Doubt is sitting on your ass.”
Who is the person they call Chief? Does Chief have any responsibility for Deonte’s kidnapping?
These are some of the questions to be answered about DIARRA IN DETROIT. They will certainly keep you glued to the screen to get the questions answered.
Tune in to episode A House of Blaine on BET+.
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Network: BET+
Studio: BET Studios
Creator: Diarra Kilpatrick
Director(s): Chioke Nassor, Brennan Shroff, Sadé Clacken Joseph, America Young
Writers: Diarra Kilpatrick, Miles Orion Feldsott, Mark Ganek, Jacob Copithorne, Doug Hall, Lisa McQuillan, Esa Lewis, Helen Krieger, Ester Lou
Starring: DIARRA KILPATRICK as ”Diarra”, MORRIS CHESTNUT as “Francois” aka “Swa”, CLAUDIA LOGAN as “Monifa” aka “Moni”, DOMINQUE PERRY as “Aja”, BRYAN TERRELL CLARK as “Mr. Tea”, SHANNON WALLACE as “Chris”: Diarra’s Tinder date, JON CHAFFIN as “Danger”: The local hookup man, and rounding out with guest appearances by DAVID ZAYAS as “Marshall”, HARRY LENNIX as “Walter Harley”, PAUL BEN-VICTOR as “Zervas” , BECHIR SYLVAIN as “Roman” , KASH DOLL as “Maisha” , JOHN SALLEY as “Tony Kincaid”, ICEWEAR VEZZO as “LeRoy” , JULIO MACIAS as “Young Marshall”
Executive Producers: Diarra Kilpatrick, Miles Orion Feldsott, Darren Goldberg, Kenya Barris for Khalabo Ink Society
Co-Executive Producers: Ester Lou, Mark Ganek
Supervising Producer: Esa Lewis
Consulting Producer: Lisa McQuillan, Doug Hall
Producer: Erynn Sampson
Co-Producers: Helen Kreiger, Dantonio Alvarez
Line Producer: Thomas Whelan
Music by: Nathan Matthew David
Director of Photography: Matt Edwards
Music Supervisor: Jabari Ali