Caryn Waechter is an American filmmaker best known for her 2014 debut film The Sisterhood of Night .
The Sisterhood of Night is a 2014 film directed by Caryn Waechter and written by Marilyn Fu based on a short story by Steven Millhauser. The film premiered at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival.
Waechter initially attended Columbia University to earn a degree as a film critic. Encouraged by her mentors she switched majors and ended up earning an MFA in directing. [1] While there she met Marilyn Fu who later presented her with the screenplay of The Sisterhood of Night . [2]
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City. Established in 1754, Columbia is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is one of nine colonial colleges founded prior to the Declaration of Independence, seven of which belong to the Ivy League. It has been ranked by numerous major education publications as among the top ten universities in the world.
In 2012, Waechter and her team launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for The Sisterhood of Night . [3] The film premiered at the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival. [4] The film was picked up for distribution by Freestyle Releasing and was given a limited theatrical release as well as a release on VOD in April 2015. [5]
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