Roll Red Roll

Roll Red Roll

When social media, “boy will be boys,” and vigilante justice collide, Steubenville, Ohio will never be the same.

Directed by Nancy Schwartzman

Produced by Sunset Park Pictures, JustFilms / Ford Foundation

201980 min6.9 / 10

A rigorous documentary investigation into how institutional complicity, social media, and rape culture enabled a sexual assault and its cover-up in a small Ohio town.

At a 2012 pre-season high-school football party in Steubenville, Ohio, a young woman was raped by members of the beloved high school football team. The aftermath exposed an entire culture of complicity—and Roll Red Roll maps out the roles that peer pressure, denial, sports machismo, and social media each played in the tragedy.

Questions people ask

  • Is Roll Red Roll sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is Roll Red Roll easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Roll Red Roll scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

  • Does Roll Red Roll end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Roll Red Roll violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

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52/ 100

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