ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

To make ends meet, people in the U.S. 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 childcare provider—whose lives intersect at a 24-hour daycare center.

The film follows a mother who works the overnight shift at a hospital; another holding down three jobs to support her family; and a woman who for two decades has cared for children of parents with nowhere else to turn. Over the span of two years, across working holidays, seven-day work weeks, and around-the-clock shifts, the film reveals the personal cost of rising wealth inequality in the U.S and the close bonds forged between parents, children, and caregivers.

Director Loira Limbal

Producers Loira Limbal, Jameka Autry

Executive Producers Sally Jo Fifer, Justine Nagan, Chris White

Consulting Producers Esther Robinson, Duana Butler, Judith Helfand, Monika Navarro

Associate Producer Tatiyana Jenkins

Editor Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Director of Photography Naiti Gamez

Sound Emily Strong

Music Osei Essed

FESTIVALS
2020: Tribeca (World Premiere), AFI DOCS

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray