RPL congratulates partner Deena R. Merlen on her appointment to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of Friendship Ambassadors Foundation Inc., a highly-regarded nonprofit organization and NGO that has been involved in international cultural exchange and the arts for forty years.
RPL attorneys Deena R. Merlen and Neil P. Parent are speaking at the 2013 NYCFF Film & Finance Forum next week. This popular annual event will feature panel discussions on Crowdfunding, the JOBS Act, film festivals, and distribution, with Q&A and informal networking to follow the presentations. Sponsored by Pave,...
RPL congratulates Jillian Schlesinger on her film, "Maidentrip," winning South by Southwest® (SXSW®) 2013 Audience Award for Visions. RPL attorneys Neil Parent, Nicole Page, Deena R. Merlen and Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis provided legal services in connection with the film.
RPL congratulates Gloria Steinem who was honored by the Women’s City Club of New York for her lifetime of achievement for civil rights. Pictured above from left to right, Taina Bien-Aimé, Executive Director of the Women’s City Club of New York; Heidi Reavis, RPL Partner; Yvonne Bendinger-Rothschild, Executive Director, European American Chamber...
RPL Partner Nicole Page attended the 2013 Realscreen Summit in Washington D.C. with RPL Client Engel Entertainment . The Summit is the definitive global market and conference for the business of unscripted entertainment. Ms. Page at the Summit with Seth Lawrence, Senior Vice President, Rebel Entertainment Partners.
RPL Partner Nicole Page was thrilled to join the Women Make Movies team at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Ms. Page attended the world premiere of SALMA, the newest documentary film from acclaimed director Kim Longinotto and distributed by WMM.
A recent New York Times article, “The End of Courtship,” features insights from Jessica Massa and Rebecca Wiegand, co-founders of The Gaggle, a multimedia project, including a website that explores the landscape of modern romance. The book, The Gaggle — How The Guys You Know Will Help You Find the...
RPL congratulates its client Maxinne Rhea Leighton on the reissue of Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives, written by Ms. Leighton and co-author John Belle and published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. The reissue of this celebrated photographic tribute to Grand Central Terminal in New York City has...
RPL Partner Nicole Page (pictured below with co-presenter, film producer and RPL client J. Todd Harris) was thrilled to be invited as a guest to speak at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Ms. Page was a member of the Faculty of the Artists in Residence Program on Thursday, November 8, 2012, discussing...
Electoral Dysfunction, a feature-length documentary produced by RPL client Question Why Films, is slated for national PBS broadcast now through election day. Hosted by political humorist Mo Rocca, Electoral Dysfunction takes an irreverent – but nonpartisan – look at nationwide issues of voting accessibility and fairness. RPL attorney Nicole Page...