Rachel Lauren Mueller is a documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist whose work examines power and identity. Her films and reporting have appeared in The New York Times, PBS, and Al Jazeera. Her short documentary 8 Days at Ware (Double Exposure, 2022), alongside her New York Times investigation into abuse cover-ups in a juvenile detention center, was recognized by the Dart Center for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, shortlisted for a Livingston Award, and received multiple honors for investigative reporting and documentary. Her debut feature, The Quiet Part (post-production), will explore how extremism becomes normalized through the arrival of a pagan white supremacist group in a rural Midwestern town.