Interview with RUN HIDE FIGHT Director, Kyle Rankin By Nick Taylor The Battle of Shaker Heights, Infestation, The Witch Files. His latest film is the extremely controversial school shooter thriller, Run Hide Fight. Run Hide Fight has come under a lot of scrutiny for its subject matter and affiliation with right wing news outlet, The Daily Wire. In this conversation with Kyle, we explored the genesis of the movie as well as some misconceptions about the film and its intentions. DC: So how did Run Hide Fight come about? What was the inception of the movie? KR: I guess that a lot of times you don’t know where an idea comes from. You’ll be showering or driving and you’re like, “Oh, a young gal who fights back during a school shooting.” That was an idea that I first had maybe seven or eight years ago, but I thought, “Eh, that’s a little…” It’s obviously a touchy subject so I stayed away from it. And then it was the spring of 2017, a little over three years ago, that I was talking to my wife about it and she was like, “You keep mentioning the school shooting movie. You should just write it and get it out of your brain.” And so, with that inspiration, I dove into it and then I was really digging it and I started to feel, this is the best thing I’ve written.”