Our Kickstarter is live!!

And we're off!! Our Kickstarter is live!!

We have an enormous amount of support from charities, organizations and individuals working in the world of the death penalty. We have ambitious plans to work alongside high schools and law schools across the country to put on debates and open up some real conversations. We have impressive partners willing to help us shape the educational arm of the film, thought leaders in learning who are behind us. The impact of this film will be big.

Right now, we don't have the funds to finish filming. We have been filming for a year and have gathered huge amounts of material, but we're not done. Our stories continue to unfold and we are now out of resources to capture them. 

Tomorrow is lift off!

It's all hands on deck preparing to kick off our crowd funding campaign TOMORROW!

We'll be celebrating the launch with events in London, San Francisco, New York and Washington D.C.  We'll be showing exclusive extended clips from the film so don't miss out on your chance to get a sneak peek at what we've been up to! We've also got incredible speakers lined up for each event. 

Over the next month we'll be needing your help to spread the word about the project as much as possible so please do get involved and help if you can. You can follow us on Twitter at @thepenaltyfilm and we're on Facebook HERE. If you'd like to chat to us about ways you can support, email Laura at laura@reelnice.co.uk

 

Washington D.C. launch details revealed!

The Penalty is headed to America's political heartland - D.C. we're on our way!

We're hugely honoured to be welcoming Edward J. Ungvarsky - Capital Defender for Northern Virginia and Allen L. Bohnert, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio, Capital Habeas Unit. Allen is one of our main characters, so we're extra excited to be able to introduce him to you in person!

Hosted by the fabulous Busboys & Poets, this event is guaranteed to be a corker. Make sure you join the Facebook event right here, and invite every friend you can remember the name of. You won't want anyone blaming you for missing out. 


New York launch details revealed!

Oh hey Big Apple - we're coming to get you!  Our New York launch is GO! 

Don't miss your chance to catch us in NYC. We'll be showing exclusive extended clips, that's right folks, material that hasn't seen the light of day. 

AND the inimitable Damien Echols will be joining us to share his story. 

Sounds like a pretty unbeatable Wednesday night to us. 

Make sure you pass on the invite and join the Facebook event here to stay updated.

See you there!

San Francisco launch details revealed!

We are eternally grateful to the generous folk over at Bar Agricole, for giving us their stunning sister restaurant Trou Normand for our launch. We seriously can't thank them enough. Make sure you check 'em out and give them heaps of love - our karma debt to them is significant. Oh! And if you don't already know how visually awesome the space is, you better get down to our event to find out. 

We're honoured and beside ourselves in equal measure to be welcoming acclaimed journalist Nancy Mullane and Public Defender of the City & County of San Francisco Jeff Adachi to speak. West Coasters - be there or miss out!

The official invitation is below. Put the date in your diary, and pass it on. And to stay up to speed with exciting new developments, head over to our Facebook event right here. 

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Save the date, we're throwing some parties!

To launch our crowdfund to finish the filming of The Penalty, we're doing some very special events in a few key cities from the 6th of November to the 13th and you're invited. At each event, we'll be introducing our new project, showing some exclusive clips and hearing from some of the world's experts on the death penalty in the USA. If you're in London, San Francisco, New York or Washington DC, we'd love to see you there. There are some event pages over on our facebook page with more info and we'll be updating here in days to come.