The PBS documentary series Point of View (POV) and Logo TV today announced a new partnership to simulcast the television premiere of Out in the Night, an award-winning film by Blair Dorosh-Walther, Monday, June 22 at 10 p.m. ET. (Check local listings.) The simulcast kicks off the 28th season of POV and launches the new Logo Documentary Films division.
In 2006, under the neon lights of a gay-friendly neighborhood in New York City, a group of African American lesbians were violently threatened by a man on the street. The women fought back and were later charged with gang assault and attempted murder. The tabloids quickly dubbed them a gang of “Killer Lesbians” and a “Wolf Pack.” Three pleaded guilty to avoid a trial, but the remaining four – Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson, Venice Brown and Terrain Dandridge – maintained their innocence. In Out in the Night, the women tell their side of the story for the first time. The film examines the sensational case and the uphill battle the women faced. Following its June 22 simulcast, the film will stream on POV’s website, www.pbs.org/pov/outinthenight/ June 23-July 23, 2015.
“We are thrilled to partner with Logo on this landmark broadcast, which marks POV’s first simulcast with a cable network,” said Chris White, POV’s executive producer. “Out in the Night is a gripping look at this case and the lives it affected, as well as a timely examination of the role that race, gender and sexual identity play in the mainstream media and the criminal justice system.”
“Out in the Night has the power to not only educate and enlighten, but contribute to important and timely discussions about race, LGBT identity and social justice,” said Pamela Post, Logo’s head of Original Programming. “Logo is proud to partner with PBS and POV, both of which have such a rich history of documentary storytelling, as we advance our role as a home for riveting and important LGBT stories.”
Out in the Night was awarded the Joyce Warshow Award from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Special Documentary Jury Prize for Courage in Storytelling and Best Documentary Audience Award from ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival, Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Documentary from the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Jury Award from ARC Queer People of Color Film Festival, Favorite Documentary from ReelQ Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival, Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature from New Orleans Film Festival and Audience Award from the Baltimore International Black Film Festival, as well as a Film Independent Fast Track fellowship in 2013 and selection to participate in the Sundance Producer’s Summit in 2012.
