Out in the night / ITVS ; a production of The Fire This Time, Fork Films, G6 Pictures, Promised Land Films ; producer, Giovanna Chesler, Mridu Chandra, Yoruba Richen ; a film by Blair Dorosh-Walther.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Chesler, Giovanna, film producer.

Dorosh-Walther, Blair, film director.

Chandra, Mridu, film producer.

Richen, Yoruba, film producer.

Hill, Renata, on-screen participant.

Johnson, Patreese, on-screen participant.

Dandridge, Terrain, on-screen participant.

Brown, Venice, on-screen participant.

Walker, Kimma, on-screen participant.

Patterson, Daniel, director of photography.

Huntley, Kristen, editor of moving image work.

Devorkin, Sarah, editor of moving image work.

Grigorov, Mario, composer.

Reagon, Toshi, composer.

Independent Television Service, production company.

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Fork Films, production company.

G6 Pictures (Firm), production company.

Promised Land Film (Firm), production company.

New Day Films, film distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American lesbians--New York (State)--New York.

African American lesbians.

Lesbians in mass media.

Gay rights--New York (State)--New York.

Gay rights.

Sexual harassment--New York (State)--New York.

Sexual harassment.

New York (State).

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Streaming video.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (76 minutes)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : New Day Films, 2014.

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Out in the Night is a documentary that tells the story of a group of young friends, African American lesbians who are out, one hot August night in 2006, in the gay friendly neighborhood of New York City. They are all in their late teens and early twenties and come from a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey. Two of the women are the focus - gender non-conforming Renata Hill, a single mother with a soft heart and keen sense of humor, and petite femme Patreese Johnson, a shy and tender poet. As they and their friends walk under the hot neon lights of tattoo parlors in the West Village, an older man sexually and violently confronts them. He says to Patreese "let me get some of that" as he points below her waist. When she says that they are gay, the man becomes violent and threatens to "fuck them straight". He spits and throws a lit cigarette. Renata and Venice defend the group and a fight begins, captured by security cameras nearby. The man yanks out hair from Venice's head and chokes Renata. Then, Patreese pulls a knife from her purse and swings at him. Strangers jump in to defend the women and the fight escalates. As the fight comes to an end, all get up and walk away. But 911 has been called and the man involved has been stabbed. Police swarm to the scene as their radios blast out warnings of a gang attack. The women are rounded up and charged with varying degrees of gang assault, assault and attempted murder. Three of the women plead guilty. But Renata, Patreese, Venice and friend Terrain claim their innocence. They are called a "Gang of Killer Lesbians" by the media. In activist circles they become known as The New Jersey 4.

Participant:

Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson, Terrain Dandridge, Venice Brown, Kimma Walker.

Credits:

Director of photography, Daniel Patterson ; editor, Kristen Huntley, Sarah Devorkin ; original score, Mario Grigorov ; with music by Toshi Reagon.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by New Day Films in 2014.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

961237002

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.