THROUGH THE NIGHT

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Robin L. Long Human Rights Award Film

THROUGH THE NIGHT

USA, 2020, 72 min

Director: Loira Limbal

Producers: Jameka Autry, Loira Limbal

Editor: Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Cinematographers: Nausheen Dadabhoy, Mariam Dwedar, Naiti Gamez

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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.

Loira Limbal is an Afro-Dominican filmmaker and DJ interested in the creation of art that is nuanced and revelatory for communities of color. She is the Senior Vice President of Programs at Firelight Media. Limbal received a B.A. in History from Brown University and is a graduate of the Third World Newsreel's Film and Video Production Training Program. She is a Sundance Institute Time Warner fellow and a former Ford Foundation Justfilms/Rockwood fellow. 

Q/A moderated by Susan Margolin with Director Loira Limbal