Nicole Riegel

[3][2] After the military, she attended Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where she assisted and studied under acclaimed documentarian Julia Reichert, graduating in 2009.

[1][6][7] The plot follows a seventeen-year-old Appalachian girl growing up in poverty who scavenges scrap metal from local shuttered factories to raise the money she needs to attend college.

[8] It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2024 and was released in the United States on July 12, 2024.

Riegel was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature 2021 for her debut film, Holler.

She won a National Board of Review Award for Top 10 Independent Films 2021.