The Sisterhood of Night
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2007
Logline
A twelve-year-old girl exposes a secret society of junior high school girls called The Sisterhood of Night. This plunges a small New Jersey town into controversy, beginning the harsh but often humorous inquiry of journalists, filmmakers and photographers whose perspectives frame the film as a mockumentary.
Caryn Waechter
Director
Caryn Waechter, a native Californian, completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Directing at Columbia University in 2004. Inspired by dance and music, her style has been described as "lyrical" and "intuitive" in her short film "BEAT." This super 8mm film was recognized at festivals throughout Europe and the U.S., and inspired her feature-length screenplay of the same name. Her thesis film "God is Good," written by Dennis Lee, toured the film festival circuit and was honored with the New Line Cinema Award for Best Director (Columbia University Film Festival), Narrative Short Finalist (IFP Market) and Special Jury Prize (USA Film Festival) among other awards.
Marilyn Fu
Screenwriter
Marilyn Fu completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Screenwriting at Columbia University in 2003. As the first recipient of the William Goldman Screenwriting Fellowship, she had the opportunity to workshop with Mr. Goldman one-on-one. She has written two screenplays-THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT, based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Millhauser, and LITTLE ALTARS, which chronicles an unlikely romance following the World Trade Center attacks. She is a book editor for Mark Sullivan Associates and lives in New York City.