Acting
Kyisha Williams
Place of birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for
Acting
Credits
6 titles
Kyisha Williams is a Toronto-born writer, director, actor and, health promoter. Kyisha fuses public health (MPH) and digital media to create socially relevant content that discusses health and promotes healthy sexuality and consent culture. They believe that the screen is a beautiful and engaging teaching tool. Kyisha created their first film; Red Lips [cages for Black girls] (2010), with the support of the Inside Out Film Festival’s New Visions Film Program. In 2016, Kyisha completed the Black Women Film! Leadership Program, and in 2017 their team won the BravoFact pitch competition allowing them to create Queen of Hearts (2018), now getting International attention.Kyisha is a graduate of T…
Known for
5.6Diana's husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can't remember why... As her memories begin to creep back in so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.
Honey Bunch
2026
7.4Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.
Scarborough
2022
NRFollowing the sudden death of their father, a restless teen in the midst of a queer self-discovery bonds with their estranged aunt over their fraught relationships with death, loss and familial responsibility.
Never Sleep
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NRMagi, a queer Black mom of 12-year-old, Kik attempts to repair their family after two years of navigating the carceral system. Magi returns home to their partner Anaelle, who has been taking care of Kik, while Magi was away. The thing Magi wants most in the world right now is to be able to reconnect with, Kik by accompanying them on a school field trip to The Zoo.
The Zoo
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NRIn the wake of her grandfather's death, Camila finds herself questioning her spirituality and the role it plays in her life while her family struggles with reconciling his abusive past.
Verona
2023
![Red Lips [Cages for Black Girls] poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q82DrjyHgnKSW3s3sck474LDdHr.jpg)
NRblack.queer.trans.sexy.femme.slutty.cherry.red.locked up.locked down.black.whore.red lips.justice. This film begins to explore black/racialized/criminalized/queer/trans/ identity and its relationship to the prison industrial complex. it articulates links between interpersonal and systemic violence - while celebrating the (sexy) ways in which we survive and celebrate ourselves.
Red Lips [Cages for Black Girls]
2010
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
5.6Diana's husband is taking her to an experimental trauma facility deep in the wilderness, but she can't remember why... As her memories begin to creep back in so do some unwelcome sinister truths about her marriage.
Honey Bunch
2026
7.4Three kids in a low-income neighborhood find friendship and community in an unlikely place.
Scarborough
2022
NRIn the wake of her grandfather's death, Camila finds herself questioning her spirituality and the role it plays in her life while her family struggles with reconciling his abusive past.
Verona
2023
Behind the camera
NRMagi, a queer Black mom of 12-year-old, Kik attempts to repair their family after two years of navigating the carceral system. Magi returns home to their partner Anaelle, who has been taking care of Kik, while Magi was away. The thing Magi wants most in the world right now is to be able to reconnect with, Kik by accompanying them on a school field trip to The Zoo.
The Zoo
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NRblack.queer.trans.sexy.femme.slutty.cherry.red.locked up.locked down.black.whore.red lips.justice. This film begins to explore black/racialized/criminalized/queer/trans/ identity and its relationship to the prison industrial complex. it articulates links between interpersonal and systemic violence - while celebrating the (sexy) ways in which we survive and celebrate ourselves.
Red Lips [Cages for Black Girls]
2010