What a thrill to do my first public pitch at today's Art of the Pitch session at Making Media Now - for my new documentary Circle Justice - and to be selected as the best pitch! It was a great experience to stand in front of about 100 people, including a panel of industry folks led my wonderful moderator Judith Vecchione, and have just five minutes total to describe my project and show a video clip. The feedback was very helpful, not to mention the audience's warm support.
I'm very excited by this Circle Justice project. It's a feature documentary about a woman named Janet Connors, whose son Joel was murdered in a home invasion 12 years ago. Frustrated by the inhumanity of the criminal justice system, Janet meets the perpetrators and becomes a leader of restorative justice circles.