Longline: When freshman art students Viv and Cameron sneak into a studio classroom to practice figure drawing on one another, they must grapple with their budding sexuality and whether they can stick to the "True Love Waits" pledges they signed in their youth.

True Love Waits is a deeply personal film inspired by a real experience of mine growing up in purity culture. It’s adapted from the cold open of a pilot titled Pure. It was filmed on location with students at Michigan State University and premiered in competition at the Oscar Qualifying Atlanta Film Festival.

For all of our recent conversations about consent, I’ve never seen a story like mine on film. Virginity storylines fall into two categories: the horny teen desperate to lose it, or the outcast who can’t get it. The truth is so much more nuanced, the behavior so much more interesting, and this is what I set out to explore in an honest and non-judgmental way. And I think I achieved that - the film currently has over 100K views on YouTube!