Yesterday, the International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the shortlist for its 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards, and two films by RPJ clients made the cut for Best Documentary Feature. The first, Roll Red Roll, directed by Nancy Schwartzman and produced by Jessica Devaney and Steven Lake, follows the story of high school...
Assia Boundaoui’s acclaimed documentary, The Feeling of Being Watched, will be broadcast on POV next week, October 14 at 10:00 p.m. The film follows Ms. Boundaoui as she investigates rumors that her Arab-American neighborhood has long been under FBI surveillance. The documentary has been described as a “courageous, eye-opening documentary...
In June, the independent film company Cinereach announced its 2019 Producer Award recipients as part of the Cinereach Producers Initiative, naming RPJ client Jessica Devaney, Producer and Founder of Multitude Films, as one of this year’s four award winners who have demonstrated vision and integrity, contributed as leaders to the...
After winning the Oscar for Best Documentary and earning seven Emmy nominations, the documentary film Free Solo, featuring our firm’s client, professional rock climber Alex Honnold, already deserved plenty of praise and congratulations. Then, on September 14 at the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony, Free Solo won all seven...
RPJ congratulates client Cowboy Bear Ninja LLC, who partnered with OZY Media to produce a four-part series entitled Black Women OWN the Conversation! The show premieres on OWN TV this Saturday, August 24 at 10/9c. The four one-hour-long episodes feature “intimate conversations about important issues with honest opinions and surprising solutions...
RPJ congratulates our firm's clients Alex Honnold and ITV on their 2019 Emmy nominations. Alex Honnold is the focus of the documentary Free Solo, which follows his 2017 free solo ascent of the Freerider climbing route on the El Capitan granite face in Yosemite National Park. Free Solo won the Academy Award...
Friday, June 8 was World Oceans Day, and this year the top modeling agency The Lions, a client of RPJ, hosted a benefit to highlight the issue of water pollution and raise money for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a charity dedicated to the preservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises and...
This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which occurred at the Stonewall Inn in downtown New York City on June 27 and 28, 1969. The 1984 documentary Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community, directed by RPJ client Greta Schiller and co-directed by Robert Rosenberg, chronicles...
Last month, singer-songwriter, and RPJ client, Janel Munoa won the award for “Best New Artist” at the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ms. Munoa’s debut album, Howls from Deep in the Woods, combines punk rock and soul sounds and earned her nominations for Best Rock Recording and New or Debut Artist of the Year...
After a fantastic release in New York City in May, our client Watched Film, LLC’s limited theatrical run of its film The Feeling of Being Watched continues this month in Chicago and Los Angeles. The film will open this weekend, June 8-10, in Chicago at the Music Box Theatre in...