My name is Rachael Daniels, and I’m a first-time filmmaker from Oakland California. I started my journey in film, as a screenwriter. I attended the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting back in 2017, and “Pruitt & Igoe” was the first feature-length screenplay I wrote for the program. After years of rewrites and a dozen drafts, I was encouraged by my professors to shoot a short film based on the feature-length script I wrote. And the rest, as they say, is history. Being able to bring the words and characters that have sat with me in my head for over half a decade to life was an experience like no other. As a first-time director, my job was made immensely easier thanks to the hard work and dedication of our all St Louis cast and crew. I would not be submitting this film if it weren’t for them.