The Director:

Christopher Talley- Chris is currently getting their MFA degree in Film from the University of Central Arkansas. They are an aspiring screenwriter with hopes of one day becoming a showrunner for a television show. This film is both their Master's capstone project as well as a personal tribute to their mother.

"This script comes from some of my early childhood experiences and is a story I've been figuring out how to tell for years. I hope that it can be an illuminating short that reopens conversations about domestic abuse and pushes for positive advocacy and awareness. By sharing mine and mother's story, I want to explore the complexities of domestic abuse that are often very difficult to talk about. Thank you for taking the time to become a part of this film's community and I'm excited to put together a film whose impact goes well beyond myself. "

Excutive Producer: 
Nathaly Moreno - A Honduran Filmmaker and Photographer with a Bachelor of Arts in Filmmaking from the University of Central Arkansas. Nathaly’s passion lies behind the camera. She wrote and directed her own award winning short film, Mario's Journal, a story about a hispanic child living in a brothel run by his mother. Aside from independent projects, Nathaly has worked in the film production team for landscape designer and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith as a production assistant, micro content editor and YouTube content manager. She interned at marketing agency CJRW in Little Rock as a production intern and for Arkansas PBS in their marketing and production departments. Nathaly is passionate about social issues and is an aspiring documentary filmmaker.

"This project is very inspiring to me as I come from a developing country where domestic violence, violence toward women, and poverty are very prominent issues. In hopes to increase awareness and advocate for victims of this kind of abuse and neglect, I joined this project and I am excited to work with this wonderful team" 

Producer:

Mindy’s love of performing and the arts culminated when she was cast in her first lead role in a short film about domestic violence in the fall of 2013. Since then she has gained experience on sets of studio films and network tv shows and by working as Producer, Associate Producer, Production Designer, Production Manager, Assistant Director, Key Craft Services, Locations Scout and Production Assistant. At the moment, she has an independent feature film in pre-production and is developing a documentary feature, a docuseries, and another independent feature film as well.
Currently the Director of Operations for the Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, Mississippi, Mindy is also the former Director of Development and Interim Executive Director for the nonprofit Film Society of Little Rock (FSLR) and Kaleidoscope LGBQT Film Festival, former Operations Director for the world renowned Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (HSDFF), and was the Assistant Festival Director of the Fantastic Cinema Film Festival.
When she is not working on the set of a project or coordinating festival events and logistics for the OXFF, being a standardized patient for University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital or a fit model for Dillard’s, Mindy enjoys collaborating, traveling and spending time with the love of her life, actor and United States Air Force pilot, Zack Ratkovich and the “A-Team”, her talented and beautiful daughters, Avelyn and Andersyn.

Director of Photography:

Khoi Nguyen is an aspiring cinematographer from Vietnam. Born in Saigon, his curiosity led him to Texas when he was eleven and began his exploration into art in the form of music. He strives to find that ultimate form of articulation. Yet, despite his efforts, he could not fully express his vision through just music. Looking through the lens of a camera then led to his discovery of cinematography. He earned his B.A. degree in Mass Communication from Sam Houston State and his M.F.A. in Cinematography from Chapman University. He completely immersed himself in this rich art form through his academic and professional endeavors, which helped him advance his learning and experience. Each new discovery awakened a hunger for more and inspired him to seek new ways to tell stories.

Co-Production Designer

Amalia Eddings is an Colombian-American Filmmaker born and raised in Arkansas with a Bachelor of Arts in Filmmaking from the University of Central Arkansas. Amalia has worked as an editor/co-producer for the Arkansas-based independent production company Mudroom Films for the past year, primarily working on the feature documentary, "The 'Vous", about the lives of the waiters at the internationally famous BBQ restaurant, The Rendezvous. In 2019, she interned at Vanishing Angle, a Los Angeles based production company known for Sundance and SXSW winning film "Thunder Road ''. In 2020/2021, she produced an Arkansas-made independent feature "Llego Hoy '' and short film "Moth" both of which have been executive produced by Mudroom Films.