@article{1356081,
      recid = {1356081},
      author = {Weisberg, Roger. and Roth, Vanessa.},
      title = {Aging out [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (86 min.).},
      year = {2004},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {Navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood is  challenging for even the most mature and privileged youth.  For three young people in New York and Los Angeles, making  the transition to independent living is considerably more  difficult as they "age out" of the foster care system. They  suddenly discover that they're on their own for the first  time. Aging Out chronicles the daunting obstacles that  these veterans of foster care encounter as they are forced  to fend for themselves.Daniella Anderson juggles her  college career with the hard reality of raising her newborn  child and paying her bills. David Griffin leaves foster  care for the streets, goes on a self-destructive drug and  crime binge, copes with homelessness and incarceration, and  eventually moves to Alaska with the hope of becoming a  fisherman. And Risa Bejaramo attends her high school prom  and graduates with several scholarships but also battles  drug addiction and suffers an emotional breakdown during  her freshman year of college. Although Aging Out presents  an intimate and uncensored view of the difficult problems  these teenagers face, the film also shows these young  people using resiliency they developed during their years  "in the system" to take control of their lives. Ultimately,  this emotionally complex documentary becomes a deeply  affecting portrait of the struggles of three young adults  to overcome the scars of their troubled childhoods in order  to realize their dreams of independence and fulfillment.  Note: Sadly, Risa was the victim of a deadly murderer who  killed her so she would not identify him for a previous  felony. The film No Tomorrow reveals how Risa s life story,  as depicted in Aging Out, was shown at the trial of the  murderer and influenced the jury to declare the death  sentence.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1356081},
}