Hope Frozen is a documentary created by RPJ client 2050 Productions that follows a Thai family on their journey of love, loss and cryonics as they face the news of their daughter’s terminal brain cancer. Cryonics is the practice of preserving humans and animals at very low temperatures, and the...
RPJ clients Chicken & Egg Pictures and Women Make Movies have recently announced a new fund, the AlumNest Relief Fund, to support the community of Chicken & Egg alumnae filmmakers that have been impacted by the pandemic with $1,000 grants for basic needs. Chicken & Egg Pictures is a nonprofit fund...
On August 11, Deadline announced the release of Cured, a documentary directed and produced by RPJ clients Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon. The film premieres on August 24 at Outfest Los Angeles and will be broadcast in the coming months. The film covers the true story of the passionate gay...
RPJ is thrilled to congratulate our client, production company Cowboy Bear Ninja, on its recently announced 2020 Emmy nomination for the series Black Women OWN the Conversation! The company partnered with OZY Media to produce the four-part talk show series, which featured “intimate conversations about important issues with honest opinions...
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...