Director Paige Morrow Kimball Discusses Her Powerful Short WAIT: Hope and Healing after Shame & Guilt

Paige Morrow Kimball’s WAIT is a powerful short film. When the main character Evie agrees to meet Matt, a guy from her past, Evie, 23, harbors a deep trauma. She agrees to meet Matt, 25, the guy who sexually assaulted her in high school, for an apology seven years in the making. Bubbling just beneath is a rawer version of Evie, her 16 year old self, 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 the 16 year old Evie urges her to speak the truth that might set her free. At its core, WAIT is about silence, shame, and what happens when those things stay buried. But it’s also about hope and the possibility of healing. I want audiences to walk away feeling that even the hardest experiences can be spoken, and that when they are, something begins to shift. Silence prevents healing in the victim. The silence is multi-facet from no one believing you or just trying to hide the fact that it happened. #film #filmmaker #filmdirector #filmmaking #cinema #bondoncinema #cinematography #storytelling #sexualassaultsurvivor #intimacycoordinator