Release Date: April 10, 2015
Genre: Drama
Director: Caryn Waechter
Writers: Marilyn Fu (screenplay)
Stars: Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, Laura Fraser
THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT begins when Emily Parris exposes a secret society of teenage girls who have slipped out of the world of social media and into another world they've discovered in the woods at night. Accusing them of committing sexually deviant activities, Emily's allegations throw the small American town of Kingston, New York, into an atmosphere of hysteria and the national media spotlight. The mystery deepens when each of the accused upholds a vow of silence.
Three of the girls are pegged as the ringleaders: Mary Warren, the alleged founder of The Sisterhood who has an enigmatic charisma that can be dangerous; Catherine Huang, who expresses herself through fashion and wrestles with the fear of losing her mom to cancer; and Lavinia Hall, a child prodigy pianist who worries she'll never be kissed despite her alluring beauty. Pressure mounts as the investigation turns ugly and more victims come forward, but the accused hold fast to their vow of silence. Emily's blog takes an unexpected dramatic turn when suddenly a whole other circle of girls across the country emerges with personal stories of sexual molestation. Emily Parris also has secrets, the ones she doesn't choose to reveal on her blog, which has suddenly rocketed to national acclaim, dubbing her a "Teenage Healer in the Digital Age."
Why do the Sisterhood girls love the solitude of the night? Why are they willing to risk so much for a nighttime gathering in the woods? Based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser, THE SISTERHOOD OF NIGHT chronicles a group of girls' provocative alternative to the loneliness of adolescence, along the way revealing the tragedy and humor of teenage years changed forever by the Inter
