St. Louis: NO TOMORROW is screening courtesy of the American Friends Service Committee at the Missouri History Museum on September 29.
Durham, NC: NO TOMORROW is screening courtesy of the Capital Restorative Justice Project at the Carolina Theatre of Durham on September 2.
About our film:
NO TOMORROW focuses on the murder of Risa Bejarano, the principle subject of AGING OUT, our recent film about teenagers leaving foster care. NO TOMORROWexplores how a film about Risa’s last year of life unexpectedly became the centerpiece of a homicide investigation and a trial that would determine whether the alleged killer would live or die.
Ironically, we created AGING OUT in order to illustrate how difficult it is for teenagers to overcome the scars of abuse and neglect. Now we were confronted with the prospect that our film helped convince a jury to give the death penalty to a young man who had suffered the same traumatic childhood experiences as Risa Bejarano in AGING OUT. Having failed to protect Chavez as a child, and having failed to protect the community from his violent behavior as a teenager, the state is now poised to execute him. By painting an intimate portrait of the tragic end of two young lives, NO TOMORROW provides a dramatic window into the complexity and controversy surrounding capital punishment.
