AWARDS
Peabody Nominated

FESTIVALS
Tribeca Film Festival, Hot Docs, Hamptons Film Festival, Human Rights Watch, Bend Film Festival, Monmouth Film Festival

DISTRIBUTION
Netflix Worldwide acquisition, BBC Storyville, PBS- POV. Distributed by Roco Films. Watch Now on Amazon Prime Apple TV Google Play

DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY
Nancy Schwartzman

PRODUCED BY Steven Lake &
Jessica Devaney

ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Nima Fakhrara

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Matthew Bockelman

EDITOR Christopher White

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Barbara Dobkin, Geralyn Dreyfous, Chandra Jessee, Patty Quillin, Regina K. Scully, Abigail Disney, Gini Reticker

Roll Red Roll is a documentary thriller and impact campaign that goes behind the headlines of the notorious Steubenville, Ohio rape case to uncover the deep-seated and social media-fueled “boys will be boys” culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America. The film unflinchingly asks, why didn’t anyone stop it? The impact campaign engages communities around the nation to answer this question for themselves, creating opportunities, tools and pathways for men and boys to challenge ingrained thinking about masculinity and explore their leadership potential in the fight against gender-based violence.

Roll Red Roll shifts the lens and burden from the victim to the perpetrators, bystanders, witnesses, and communities to understand and address the problem. By examining harmful notions of masculinity, Roll Red Roll is shining a light on “rape culture”— a culture that allows sexual assault to be normalized and dismissed. At the heart of this film and campaign, we are opening up a national dialogue that engages men and boys including fathers, coaches, and teens, to get involved in the work to prevent violence and shift culture.

As both an educational tool and a catalyst for social and behavioral change, Roll Red Roll is uniquely poised to incite critical conversations with students, thought leaders and grassroots activists working to eliminate gender violence. Director Nancy Schwartzman, a globally recognized human rights activist, has been using film and technology to transform the culture around gender-based violence for over 10 years. Never have we been so primed for this conversation.