Kyra Jones flips the script on sexual assault films
by Noëlle D. Lilley
The year 2021 has already been a whirlwind for Kyra Jones. In the span of just a few months, the 28-year-old Chicagoan has landed her first full-time position as a staff writer for Hulu's Woke, made plans to move to Los Angeles, and released the proof-of-concept trailer for her upcoming feature film, Go to the Body.
"A month ago I couldn't get any managers or agents or whatever to read my stuff and now they're blowing me up," Jones says through laughter over a Zoom call on a Tuesday morning from her home in Uptown.
The Northwestern grad, who is typically known for her comedy work, like her 2019 award-winning webseries about dating in the digital age, The Right Swipe, says her latest project is "a lot darker than the other things that I write." The film follows Sanaa, a Black female organizer who is sexually assaulted by a fellow activist, and details the aftermath of the event as she tries to move on with her life.
