Bad Blood

Directed by Caitlyn Johnson

Length: 

11:16
Producers: 

Caitlyn Johnson and Andreas Nicholas
Editor:

 Caitlyn Johnson
Cinematographer:

 Marshall Wayne Cooper
Sound Designer: Leonardo Gastel

On an Autumn Friday, 10-year-old Olivia gets her period for the first time. However, she shields the truth from her mother, Sharon, and her older sister, Andrea, in hopes of attending a sleepover at the family's church. Blind to her younger sister's experience, Andrea continues to defy her mother's wishes as she searches for freedom & her identity outside of their family. Unable to communicate as they wish they could, these two sisters find themselves navigating their coming-of-age stories as they try to overcome inevitable changes in their relationship.

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ccj279@nyu.edu

Caitlyn Johnson is an award-winning filmmaker and is currently an MFA candidate at Tisch School of the Art’s Kanbar Film Institute. Her background includes cinematography, editing, and development concentrated in interdisciplinary and radical storytelling. In 2018, CJ co-created and directed the highly acclaimed web series, Seeds (OTV), which follows four Black young women while navigating relationships through their friendship and conversation. CJ’s work has allowed her to develop her own creative outlets for Black filmmaking. As CJ continues to evolve as a writer and director, she hopes to continue the tradition of Black storytelling as it pertains to the expansive and varying Black experience in the U.S.