THROUGH THE NIGHT (2020)
“Intimately observed… an up-close look at just what it takes, the relentless hard work and the unwavering love.”
— The Hollywood Reporter, Critic’s Pick
EDITOR
To make ends meet, Americans are working longer hours across multiple jobs. This modern reality of non-stop work has resulted in an unexpected phenomenon: the flourishing of 24-hour daycare centers. Through the Night is a verité documentary that explores the personal cost of our modern economy through the stories of two working mothers and a child care provider - whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center.
DIRECTED BY LOIRA LIMBAL
A New York Times & Hollywood Reporter Critic’s Pick
FESTIVALS, LABS, & AWARDS:
Winner of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award
Nominated for IDA Best Editing Award
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL (2020)
SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY EDIT LAB (2019)
BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL (2020)
DOC NYC (2020)
AFI DOCS (2020)
PRESS & PRAISE FOR THE FILM:
“Limbal keeps her gaze steady, and her vérité rigor becomes an act of solidarity.”
— The New York Times, Critic’s Pick
“Through The Night is both celebration and indictment. A sympathetic depiction of “women’s work,” in all its unsung dignity, it’s also a quietly damning portrait of a merciless economy’s effect on working-class mothers — particularly black women and Latinas, who often must work taking care of other people’s children in order to feed their own.”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“This quietly engaging documentary is also subtly political, showing with clear eyes how good people are trying to patch gaps in our society that shouldn’t be there in the the first place.”
— The Los Angeles Times
“Heartening and heart-rending… quietly profound. Limbal and editor Malika Zouhali-Worrall compose a penetrating text that says more than what’s revealed on screen, with invisible footnotes elucidating the socio-political climate in which such crises originate.”
— The Chicago Reader
“A warmly attentive, tender documentary… A radical argument for a restructuring of the American economy and a reprioritization of values toward oft-denigrated “women’s work”.”
— The Guardian
“A quiet, unsparing indictment of the long-standing failures of America’s social safety net.”
— RogerEbert.com
