Event

OAKUFF 2014 - OUT IN THE NIGHT - Sun. Sept. 28th @ 4:00 pm The Humanist Hall

4:00 pm @ Humanist Hall
OUT IN THE NIGHT
Director Blair Dorosh-Walther
75 min
In 2006, under the neon lights in a gay friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street. As is far too often the case with people of color, when they defend themselves against him, the four women are charged and convicted in the courts, and subsequently persecuted by the media, gaining the moniker a "Gang of Killer Lesbians." Director Blair Dorosh-Walther's intimate documentary combines interviews with Renata, Patreese, Terrain, and Venice, footage from the night of the assault, and in-depth interviews with lawyers, experts, and family members to reveal how race, gender identity, and sexuality became criminalized in the mainstream news media and criminal legal system. RogerEbert.com declares "This film could help influence the ongoing LGBT civil rights struggle. Everyone should see it."