A screening followed by a Q&A with Director Caryn Waechter and cast member Evan Kuzma.
Moderated by Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net.
Synopsis
Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser, The Sisterhood of Night is a story of friendship and loyalty set against the backdrop of a modern-day Salem witch trial. Shot on location in Kingston, NY, the film chronicles a group of girls who have slipped out of the world of social media into a mysterious world deep in the woods. The tale begins when Emily Parris exposes a secret society of teenage girls. Accusing them of committing sexually deviant acts, Emily’s allegations throw their small American town into the national media spotlight. The mystery deepens when each of the accused takes a vow of silence. What follows is a chronicle of three girls’ unique and provocative alternative to the loneliness of adolescence, revealing the tragedy and humor of teenage years changed forever by the Internet age.
Run Time: 1:42:36
Rating: PG-13
Panelist Bios
Evan Kuzma
Evan Kuzma hails from Hawaii where he has establish ed roots as a solo music act. As a singer/ guitarist, Evan has performed widely throughout Maui and in ve nues in New York City, where he is also based. As an actor, Evan's debut feature is the recent The Sisterhood of Night , opposite Kal Penn, Georgie Henley and Kara Hayward. Evan plays Jeff, the secret boyfr iend of Georgie Henley ( Chronicles of Narnia ). Jeff is a photographer, an unusual take on high school heart throb, with an artistic bent. In theater, Evan performed in the off-off Broadway run of Peter/Wendy as The Lost Boy. As one of seven actors in this ensemble cast, Evan's performance was called "soulf ul, dynamic, and affecting." Evan's poetry has been published in The University of Hawaii Literary Maga zine, Na Leo, and training includes Terry Shiebner and Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC, as well as The University of Hawaii.
Caryn Waechter (Director)
Caryn Waechter is a director and photographer based in New York City. She is a graduate of ColumbiaUniversity’s MFA film program where she concentrated in Directing. Once a classically trained dancer,Caryn compares her film work to a dance of images.Herfirst short film BEAT, shot guerilla-style on super8mm in NYC underground clubs, marked her as a visionary with a sense of rhythm—mixing darkfantasies with cinema verite filmmaking. Her thesis film GOD IS GOOD has garnered a number of awardsincluding the New Line Cinema Award for Best Director, Columbia University Faculty Selects, Kodak Film www.TheSisterhoodofNight - movie.com 9 Grant, Narrative Short Finalist at the IFP Market and Top Prize at the Chinese - American Film Festival where she was flown to China to talk about cultural diversity in American film. Caryn is also a main contributor to Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald's YouTube documentary LIFE IN A DAY, where her footage on one specific day was picked from 80,000 submissions and 4,500 hours. Thanks to the Internet and social media, C aryn is currently and attached to direct a multi - platform webseries and collaborating with YouTube celebrity Michelle Phan on a series to empower and inspire young ladies. Caryn also shoots and directs films in the underground EDM scene under a pseudonym.
