We’re pleased to announce that our documentary NO TOMORROW was honored with an award at the Hamptons International Film Festival:

Special awards went to THE HOUSE OF SUH, directed by Iris Shim, which was the winner of the Investigation Discovery Award for Excellence in Journalism, and NO TOMORROW, directed by Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, which took the inaugural Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice.

A quick reminder: Our documentary FINAL JUDGMENT is airing on the Investigation Discovery television network at 10pm instant. Needless to say, we’re happy about the news.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune has named FINAL JUDGMENT as one of their’critic’s picks and there’s also a great review over at the New Haven Register:

“Final Judgment” tells the tragic story of Risa Bejarano, who was brutally slain by a young gang member in Southern California.

Bejarano was gunned down execution-style just a short time after her own story of neglect, foster care and perseverance was told in a TV documentary we previewed here, called “Aging Out.”

She was turning her life around but made the fatal mistake of befriending a young gang member, Juan Chavez, who came from his own culture of poverty, neglect and violence.

After killing two people for “dissing” him and his gang, Chavez pumped Bejarano full of bullets days later because she was the one person who could tie him to the slayings.

This October. Check us out.

The State of Things on North Carolina Public Radio recently hosted “Law and Order Week.” NO TOMORROW directors Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth stopped by to discuss the film and you can listen to the radio show here:

Filmmakers Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth met Risa Bejarano when they decided to make her the subject of a documentary on the foster care system called “Aging Out.” Shortly after, Bejarano was brutally murdered, a suspect was charged with her death and footage from the documentary was brought into the courtroom by the prosecution. The film helped the jury see Bejarano as more than a victim. It helped them understand who she was as a person and the prosecuting attorney used this to his advantage in successfully obtaining the death penalty for her accused killer. Roth and Weisberg, opponents of capital punishment, followed up this experience with another film called “No Tomorrow” that shows how they unwillingly played a role in sentencing a man to death. They join host Frank Stasio for Law & Order Week to tell their story and talk about what they learned about how we as a society decide who should live and who should die.

Check it out. It’s an interesting talk.

The NO TOMORROW roadshow is continuing with another screening in Denver, Colorado. Showtime is Thursday,  September 2nd from 5:30pm-7pm and the screening is sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association. Screening is free to both CBA members at the general public and will take place at the CLECI Large Classroom, 1900 Grant Street #300 in Denver. For more information, click the link above or call (303) 860-0608.