Last week, Unilever announced that it would drop the word “fair” from its skin-lightening products line “Fair & Lovely”. The announcement comes after a fresh wave of backlash against the skin-lightening product lines of many brands across the cosmetics industry, including those of industry giants Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal and...
Earlier this week Vice Studios U.S. announced that it has named Jannat Gargi, a veteran documentary producer and client of RPJ, to fill the new role of VP, Head of Documentaries for the Vice Media division. Gargi will oversee all documentary projects in the U.S. for the company, of which...
The Banff World Media Festival’s 2020 Rockie Awards moved online this year due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic and were broadcasted by virtual live stream on Monday, June 15. The awards celebrate excellence in film, television and digital media content from around the world, with a jury panel of 150...
RPJ is so proud of client and production company Multitude Films’ latest film, the feature-length documentary Pray Away. Directed by Kristine Stolakis, the film goes in depth to reveal the lasting damage inflicted on individuals in gay conversion programs, told by both current members and former leaders of the “pray the gay...
We are thrilled to congratulate director/producer Nancy Schwartzman on the recent nomination of her film Roll Red Roll for a Peabody Award! The Peabody Awards recognize exceptional storytelling in news, television, documentary film, radio and public service programming, and are known as one of the highest honors in media. Roll Red Roll, which tells the...
On Sunday, April 26, RPJ client Engel Entertainment celebrated the premiere of its eighth season of North Woods Law on Discovery’s Animal Planet. The special two-hour premiere kicked off the season with the dramatic rescue of a hiker lost in the New Hampshire mountains for five days without food or...
RPJ client and production company Multitude Films' newest feature-length documentary Pray Away will have its world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival in Documentary Competition, as announced last week. Directed by Kristine Stolakis, the film goes in depth to reveal the lasting damage inflicted on individuals in gay conversion programs,...
RPJ is excited to congratulate our client Multitude Films on the announcement that its latest documentary short, Call Center Blues, will premiere at SXSW Film Festival this March. SXSW revealed the film’s premiere last week. Directed by Emmy Award-winner Geeta Gandbhir and produced by Jessica Devaney, Call Center Blues is...
Earlier this week and kicking off the new year, on January 22, RPJ co-sponsored a free screening of producer Mick Caouette’s film, Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, at UBS in honor of the 100th anniversary in 2020 of women’s suffrage and Women Creating Change’s Founders Day, as Perkins...
RPJ client and production company Engel Entertainment will premiere its newest original series, Alaska PD, on A&E Networks to ring in the New Year. The show follows police departments in the diverse areas of Fairbanks, Kodiak, Kotzebue and Petersburg that face the extreme weather, wild animals and weapon-wielding vigilantes, all...