When Evie agrees to meet Matt, the boy who raped her in high school, she’s forced to confront the shame she’s buried for years. But it’s only when her younger, braver self appears that she finds the voice to finally speak the truth.
WAIT is a powerful film about the cost of silence after sexual assault. The story follows Evie, 23, who harbors a deep trauma. She agrees to meet Matt, 25, the person who sexually assaulted her in high school, for an apology seven years in the making. Bubbling just beneath is rawer version of Evie, Other Evie, 16, who says what adult Evie is too afraid to say. Matt doesn’t remember what he did, only that “something happened.” Once a rising musician, Matt was derailed by drugs, alcohol, and a guilt he couldn’t name. Evie takes him back to that night and as past and present blur, she confronts her rage, and misplaced shame, as Other Evie urges her to speak the truth that might set her free.
Paige Morrow Kimball is an award-winning independent filmmaker, directing, writing and producing in both the documentary and narrative spaces. Her independent short films and pilots have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals worldwide, won dozens of awards and accolades, and garnered global distribution. Paige created numerous original films for HBO’s Sesame Street, and produced and directed unscripted tv shows for HBO, FOX, CBS, NBC, PBS, FX, AMC, TLC, NHK, and more. Paige produced Olympic documentaries all over the world, as well as music videos and commercials. Paige was in several TV Director Programs: CBS, SONY, DGA, & WEFORSHE, and is the writer-director of a new feature film, currently in late development. As an actor, Paige has appeared in TV, film, and theatre, and is known as an 'actors director'. Her articles on gender parity have been published in The Huffington Post and more, and she created two Director Programs in support of under-represented directors. Paige is a Member of the DGA, and SAG-AFTRA, and holds a BFA from NYU Film School.
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