From February 27 to March 1, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Women and Hollywood will host the 10th Annual Athena Film Festival, a yearly celebration of women’s leadership, courage and resilience on view over an engaging weekend of feature films, documentaries and short films that...
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...
In the latest issue of Realscreen Magazine, RPJ Partner Nicole Page was interviewed on the proliferation of user-generated content (UGC) in documentary film and television today, and more specifically, the issues around its use and licensing. In the article, “When UGC Becomes ‘WTF?’,” Daniele Alcinii details recent copyright litigation arising out...
RPJ Partner Nicole Page is leading a panel at DOC NYC called "True Crime: Understanding Your Rights, Gaining Access, Protecting Your Footage" on Thursday, November 14th at 3:15 p.m. at Cinépolis in Chelsea. The panel will address how filmmakers can navigate defamation and privacy claims, complex subject matters and relationships,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On Sunday, March 24, RPJ Partner Helen D. “Heidi” Reavis, who is an Executive Producer on the documentary Sea Change, presented the film to a packed audience at the 2019 Annapolis Film Festival. Thereafter, she participated on a panel, “Voices of Women in Film,” on changes in the film industry both behind and in front...
This weekend, March 22-24, our client's documentary feature Roll Red Roll will have its theatrical release at Film Forum NYC. Directed by Nancy Schwartzman and produced by Jessica Devaney and Steven Lake, Roll Red Roll follows the story of high school football and sexual assault that occurred in Steubenville, Ohio, in 2012. With access to...