POV Season 32

Feature Film | 06/17/2019 | 79 Mins

At a pre-season party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, the now-infamous sexual assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team took place. Roll Red Roll is a true-crime thriller that goes behind the headlines to uncover the deep seated and social media-fueled “boys-will be-boys” culture at the root of high school sexual assault in America. Official Selection, 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.

Videos from this film

Official Trailer | Roll Red Roll

Trailer

Roll Red Roll

Feature Film

Behind The Lens | Roll Red Roll

Interview

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Lesson plan Transforming a Culture of Silence: Preventing Sexual Violence and Rape
Discussion guide Roll Red Roll: Discussion Guide
Reading list Roll Red Roll: Delve Deeper Reading List

Film Credits —

Jessica Devaney Producer
Steven Lake Producer
Nancy Schwartzman Director

Critical Acclaim —

“A tough but essential watch, Roll Red Roll documents how a sexual assault in a declining Appalachian town became an international cause célèbre. Shots of near-empty streets and an abandoned steel mill provide a melancholy frame for behavior that seems horrifyingly incomprehensible.”

— Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times