Out in the Night

  • Out in the Night
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title : Fire This Time (The) [working title]
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2014
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The story of four young African American lesbians who became criminals for defending themselves.



OUT IN THE NIGHT (formerly titled The Fire This Time) follows the journey of a group of African American teenagers who went to a gay-friendly neighborhood in New York City for a night out. These lesbian and gender non-conforming friends, Patreese, Renata, Terrain and Venice, were confronted by an older man on the street. They defended themselves. Strangers jumped in to support them and a fight ensued. Only the women were rounded up by police and charged and convicted as perpetrators of gang assault. They became known as The New Jersey 4.

OUT IN THE NIGHT follows their journey to Rikers Island, to the courtroom, and through slanderous media coverage that labeled them a "Wolfpack" and "Lesbian Gang". While exploring the fight from all sides through the security camera footage that captured it, that hot August night in 2006 can be seen from many perspectives. But our film's purpose is to examine the events after the fight: biased media coverage likening the women to "man-hating" animals, and unprecedentedly harsh sentencing by the court. This story shows how four young, queer women of color were unfairly criminalized for defending themselves.

2014, USA, Doc

Director: Blair Doroshwalther

Producers: Blair Doroshwalther, Giovanna Chesler, Yoruba Richen

starring Renata, Patreese, Terrain & Venice, Angela Davis, FIERCE

Director of Photography: Daniel Patterson

Prod : The Fire This Time The Film, LLC

AWARDS / FUNDING
Joyce Warshow Fund - Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Sundance Documentary Fund with Cinereach, Frameline Finishing Fund, Women in Film Finishing Fund, The Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, the ARTS Council of the Southern Fingerlakes, The Yip Harburg Foundation, Women in Film Finishing Funds


KICKSTARTER
508 Backers ($26,923 pledged of $23,700 goal)
This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 3, 2013.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/blairdoroshwalther/out-in-the-night-a-the-fire-this-time-film

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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