The Federal Bar Council profiled Managing Partner Heidi Reavis, who with her husband, Steve Engel of Engel Entertainment Inc., produced a human rights documentary film about obstetric fistula to inform people about the affliction, its simple cure, and the free hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where it now is being...
RPJ is proud to support the film Missing in Brooks County, kicking off the opening line-up of the DOC NYC festival that runs through November 19. MIBC drills down to expose the reasons for the record high fatality rate in Brooks County, Texas, home of “the largest cemetery in the...
Missing in Brooks County is a compelling human rights documentary that follows the searches of two families just north of the US-Mexican border for their missing loved ones, and explores the broader national and international debates that impact immigration policy and lost lives. The film premieres tonight, October 13, and...
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...
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...
On January 22, RPJ kicks off an important year honoring 100 years of women’s suffrage and inspiring further progress by co-underwriting Women Creating Change’s Founders Day screening of the first documentary produced on the life of Frances Perkins and her transformative role as a woman in American politics, Summoned: Frances...
On November 14, RPJ Partner Nicole Page led an engaging discussion at DOC NYC regarding the thorny legal questions that can arise in producing true crime documentaries. Nicole was joined by esteemed filmmakers and producers Trish Adlesic, Allison Berg, Josh Levine and Matthew Galkin. The panelists addressed issues ranging from defamation...
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...
Our client Watched Film, LLC kicks off the limited theatrical run of their film The Feeling of Being Watched at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on May 1, and Maysles Documentary Center on May 3 in New York City, followed by over a dozen screenings in cities across the country. This feature-length documentary, directed...
We are proud to congratulate our client on the continuing success of the documentary Roll Red Roll. The film is set for a limited theatrical release, premiering March 22nd at Film Forum in New York City with additional locations to follow. Subsequently, PBS will broadcast Roll Red Roll nationwide as the opening film for...