At Night

Six women wander the neon-soaked anxiety of Paris at night. A filmmaker struggles to understand the film she is making; a black single mother refuses the categories imposed on her; a former sex worker reflects on her past; a poet gives up trying for a child.

Taking place over the course of a single night and inspired by the writings of cult literary figure Alice Notley as well as June Jordan, Kathy Acker and Bernadette Mayer, Beatrice Gibson’s debut feature-length documentary weaves an intersecting portrait of six women from varying backgrounds and professions seeking connection over the course of an ambulatory, neon-lit night. At Night is a film about womanhood, privilege, and solidarity; about meeting expectations and breaking free of them.

With a haunting score and tactile 16mm camerawork, the film is also a sensory and intellectual exploration of the night—melding urban anxiety with moments of tenderness and self-reflection. A mesmerizing and melancholic collective that shifts between dream, fiction and reality, liquifying the distinction between them.