Jessica Rae
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jessica grew up mixed-race in a minority, working class neighborhood in Minneapolis. Straddling two worlds, witnessing institutional racism and poverty, and working as a woman in the male-centric film industry bleeds through into her social-justice oriented films. She is currently obtaining an MFA from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, where she received the James Bridges Award in Film Directing, the Jack Nicholas Distinguished Student Director Award, the Mary Pickford Award, and