'I am the Night': Fauna Hodel's daughters knew Patty Jenkins' TNT show was meant to be, "without a shadow of doubt"
Patty Jenkins, Chris Pine and India Eisley’s TNT show ‘I am the Night,’ inspired by Fauna Hodel's book ‘One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel’ premiered on Sunday, January 27.
The book is the true story of Hodel who was given away by her teenage white birth mother to a black restroom attendant in a Nevada casino in 1949. According to the novel's website, "Enduring prejudice from both races, she sought out the only person who truly knew where she belonged – her real mother. But after discovering her true identity, she uncovered a family secret even more bizarre than her own."
When TNT greenlighted the series in 2017, the premise promised a rivetting TV series, and 'I am the Night' doesn't disappoint.
With the very first episode it has managed to reel us in, with not only the Hodel family and its secrets, but also that of Fauna Hodel’s origins and most of that is thanks to Eisley’s brilliant portrayal of the character.