This film from Grey Tokyo for Procter & Gamble’s Pantene features an interview with two transgender former job hunters, helping to heighten awareness of the stress people from the LGBTQ+ community might be going through when seeking employment. Not only the normal stress that most applicants face during a job interview but a bigger question of whether to be “themselves.”
The #PrideHair project is the third installment of Pantene Japan’s “#HairWeGo: My Hair Moves Me Forward” campaign, encouraging everyone to express their true selves and to take the first step towards being who they really want to be.
Credits
Client P&G/Pantene Agency Grey Tokyo Masanori Tagaya, executive creative director; Jun Ogasawara, sr. creative director; Ryumja Kodaka, creative director; Yoichi Inamura, associate creative director; Kei Takimoto, sr. art director; Shota Ishikawa, art director; Katsuhiro Fujimoto, interactive art director; Takuya Tanaka, jr. art director; Masanori Tagaya, Yukika Anan, copywriters; Tatsuo Tamaru, designer. Daijiro Yamakawa, Yoshiaki Saito, producers. Production Company TYO drive Tadashi Umazume, Natsuki Tsuda, producers; Futoshi Takashima, director; Jin Ito, DP. Editorial Cutters Studios Sachi Sasaki, offline editor. Postproduction PPC Yoshihiro Miura, online editor. Color L’espace Vision Naotaka Takahashi, colorist.
The Ad Council, partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and AdoptUSKids, launched a public service campaign, created pro bono by Edelman, which aims to inspire prospective parents to consider adopting a teen from foster care.
This centerpiece PSA titled “The Rewards”--directed by The Hudson Dusters (Michael Kuhn and Niles Roth) via Greenpoint Pictures--spotlights real adoptive families who have personally experienced the mutual benefits of adoption. This longer form PSA (and cutdown versions) begins with a touching display of openness and vulnerability as adoptive parents reflect on their adoption journeys and their initial questions and hesitations about adopting a teen. Then, in a deeply emotional turn, the adoptive parents witness their children recounting the profound rewards of adoption in their lives. The teens speak of the love they share with their parents and how the decision to become a family is reciprocal. The campaign directs viewers to the AdoptUSKids website to learn more about adopting a teen from foster care.
