Hollywood Critics Top 10 from Tribeca and SXSW
“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
New York Times Critics Pick
“Powerful! “Through the Night” bears witness to the struggles of these working people, to their tenderness and mercy. Limbal keeps her gaze steady, and her vérité rigor becomes an act of solidarity.”
- New York Times
“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 first place.”
- Los Angeles Times
“Heartening and heart-rending. [Limbal] convey[s] tenderness as both a political ideology and an aesthetic, a symbiosis that’s aptly reflected in this quietly profound documentary.”
- Chicago Reader
[Through TheNight] is one of the WOW films at this year’s Tribeca Film Fest. It is a vital and important film about the state of the world. It is highly recommended.
- Unseen Films
The Unseen Costs of Labor Are Richly Observed in Loira Limbal’s “Through the Night”
- Moveable Fest
“Limbal’s documentary shines a light on the unspoken backbone of our economy, the child care workers who make it possible for millions of parents to go to work each day and the precarity and challenges facing them each day. It accomplishes this through a sympathetic story, humanizing the experiences of a small community that blossomed out of this 24-hour daycare.”
-Remezcla
“Through the Night is a gripping peek into the economic and emotional challenges of Americans.”
-The Root
“A warmly attentive, tender documentary by the Afro-Dominican film-maker Loira Limbal.”
-The Guardian
“[Limbal’s] film shines a light on people we call essential workers. The film has a loving respect for childcare. Nunu’s quiet heroism is a tribute to all working mothers.”
-WNYC Documentary of the Week
-WNYC The Takeaway
