No Tomorrow December 15, 2010

No Tomorrow investigates the murder of Risa Bejarano, the principal subject of a documentary about teenagers leaving a foster care called Aging Out. Risa’s last year of life unexpectedly became the centerpiece of a chilling death penalty trial. The film covers the trial’s heated debate over the prosecutor’s use of Aging Out to persuade the jury to impose the death penalty. While the court focuses on whether Risa’s murderer deserves to die, several leading death penalty experts address the broader question of whether the state deserves to kill him. The unique film-within-a-film perspective of No Tomorrow takes viewers inside a suspenseful death penalty trial and challenges their beliefs about capital punishment. Directed by Roger Weisberg & Vanessa Roth, 100 min. USA, 2010. Discussion after showing.