From Weddings to ‘Prom’ for Scribe Jenny Lumet

If Jenny Lumet proved something with her very first script (Rachel Getting Married) is that she was able to create a realistic setting with several layers of characters that harmoniously co-exist. Perhaps this is a sensibilty that Miramax and producer Marc Platt are looking to incorporate in a project that is bound to include several characters — perhaps the same size as Laurent Cantet‘s The Class? This Strange Thing Called Prom will be shot in Brooklyn.

Based on the Brooke Hauser article published in the June 22 edition of the New York Times, this follows the prom adventures of high school seniors who came to Brooklyn from locales like Senegal, Venezuela, Tibet, Haiti, Poland and Gabon (one was a nomadic yak herder until age 12). The experiences of the students, who eagerly looked forward to taking part in their first prom, ranged from magical to miserable.