This year’s Academy Awards nominees are a testament to the artists’ and the greater industry’s perseverance during a year of unprecedented challenges.
Even through the COVID-19 pandemic, many incredible films made their way to select theaters and homes across the world.

This post was updated Nov. 22 at 7:18 p.m.
Inner-city teenage life takes center stage in the drama, “Raise Your Hand.”
Written, directed and co-produced by UCLA alumna Jessica Rae, the feature-length film was released at the Social Justice Now Film Festival in late October.