Anchor

When I first sat down to write Anchor, I knew that I wanted to shed light on sexual assault. It was a topic that I had been wanting to write about for quite some time but I always found myself coming up with an excuse as to why I shouldn't do it. Quite frankly, it was a topic that terrified me but at the same time I felt as though it was a story that I needed to tell. I became very passionate about creating a film that we could use to spark a conversation about sexual violence.

As I started to write the film, I quickly realized that I wanted to tell the story through the eyes of both the survivor and someone who witnessed the assault. It occurred to me that there could be just as many, of not more, witnesses to sexual assault, than survivors. I wanted to explore the inner turmoil in the most realistic way I could while showing the brutal realities of assault. I knew it was going to be a very intense film that required a lot from not only my actors, but my audience as well.

As we finish the film and move into post-production I can only hope that it will help to bring awareness to the harsh realities of assault. I hope that after viewing this film more people will be talking and creating an open dialogue about sexual violence in the way that writing this film did for me.

Paige