Roll Red Roll
Directed by Nancy Schwartzman
Go behind the headlines of notorious high school sexual assault to witness the social media-fueled “boys will be boys” culture that let it happen.
A Sunset Park Pictures Production,
In Association with Multitude Films,
POV on PBS, BBC Storyville, Netflix.
2018 / 80 MINS
A PEABODY NOMINEE
About
the Team
Nancy Schwartzman — Director, Producer
Nancy is a documentary film director, producer, and media strategist who uses storytelling and technology to create safer communities for women and girls. She directed The Line, a short documentary examining consent that was used by the White House for an impact campaign around sexuality, and PBS/POV and BBC featured xoxosms – a love story exploring teenagers and technology. A globally recognized human rights activist, her work focuses on creating impact around the prevention and transformation of gender-based violence. She serves on the Biden Foundation’s Advisory Council for Violence Against Women. Nancy created the White House award-winning mobile app “Circle of 6,” designed to reduce sexual violence used by over 350,000 people in 36 countries. She has shared her work at the White House, the United Nations, TEDxSheffield, AIDC and more. Roll Red Roll is her debut feature film.
Jess Devaney — Producer
Jess is an Emmy-winning producer and Founder & President of Multitude Films. Their latest films include Yance Ford’s Netflix Original POWER (Sundance 2024); Oscar-shortlisted HBO Documentary Films Original HOW WE GET FREE (Aspen Shortsfest 2023); the Indigo Girls documentary IT’S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL (Sundance 2023); and Emmy-winning Peacock Original LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER (Tribeca 2022). Jess created the Ford Foundation-supported QUEER FUTURES series and also produced PRAY AWAY, CALL CENTER BLUES, ALWAYS IN SEASON, THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED, and SPEED SISTERS. She founded QueerDoc and was a Sundance Institute Documentary Edit and Story Lab fellow, Women at Sundance fellow, and Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab advisor. They have been recognized with the Cinereach Producers Award, DOC NYC and Topic Studios' 40 Under 40 Award, Doc10’s Vanguard Award, and the 2023 Sundance Institute Amazon Studios Nonfiction Producers Award.
Executive Producers
Barbara Dobkin
Patty Quillin
Chandra Jessee
Geralyn Dreyfous
Regina K. Scully
Co-Executive Producers
Abigail Disney
Gini Reticker
Producer
Steven Lake
Co-Producer
Bari Pearlman
