Roll Red Roll

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Roll Red Roll
Roll Red Roll.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Nancy Schwartzman
Produced byJessica Devaney
Steven Lake
Nancy Schwartzman
Maxyne Franklin
CinematographyMatt Bockelman
Music by Nima Fakhrara
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Together Films
  • POV
Release dates
  • April 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)(Tribeca)
  • March 22, 2019 (2019-03-22)(United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Roll Red Roll is a 2018 American documentary film, directed and produced by Nancy Schwartzman. It follows the Steubenville High School rape case. [1]

Contents

The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018. It was released in a limited release on March 22, 2019, by Together Films, prior to its debut on POV on PBS on June 17, 2019.

Plot

The documentary looks into the Steubenville High School rape case that occurred in August 2012. It also documents Alexandra Goddard's investigation and documentation of the crimes through her true crime blog. [2]

Cast

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018. [3] In February 2019, Together Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, while POV acquired broadcast distribution rights to the film. [4] The film was released in a limited release on March 22, 2019, prior to its debut on POV on PBS on June 17, 2019. [5] [6]

Reception

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 100%, based on 29 reviews, with an average of 8.3/10. [7] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score, rates the film 83 out of 100, based on 9 reviews, indicating "Universal acclaim". [8]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote, "A tough but essential watch, “Roll Red Roll” documents how a sexual assault in a declining Appalachian town became an international cause célèbre." [9] Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote, "... piercingly relevant and disturbing documentary about an infamous high school rape case...". [10] Oliver Jones of The Observer wrote, "And while it is good that a director as versed on the subject of consent as Schwartzman is bringing her unwavering eye to the problem, it makes it all the more painful that we seem even further away from solving the issue then we were on that fateful August night in Ohio seven years ago." [11] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Difficult to watch, but essential viewing." [12]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryResultRefs.
2018 Nantucket Film Festival Adrienne Shelley Excellence in Filmmaking AwardWon [13]
Monmouth Film FestivalBest Feature DocumentaryWon [14]
Middlebury New Filmmakers FestivalClio Visualizing History AwardWon [15]
BendFilm FestivalBest FeatureWon [16]
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival Best FilmWon [17]
2019 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US Spotlight AwardNominated [18]
Cleveland International Film FestivalLocal Heroes CompetitionNominated [19]
Excellence in Directing by a WomanNominated

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  2. ↑ Forde, Kaelyn (March 21, 2019). "How One Crime Blogger Helped Expose the Steubenville High School Rape". Inside Edition. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Roll Red Roll". Tribeca Film Festival . Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ Day-Ramos, Dino (February 12, 2019). "Together Films Sets Theatrical Launch For 'Roll Red Roll'; Docu To Kick Off 32nd Season Of POV On PBS". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  5. ↑ Wissot, Lauren (March 26, 2019). "Doc Star of the Month: Alexandria Goddard, 'Roll Red Roll'". International Documentary Association . Retrieved June 6, 2021.
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  7. ↑ "Roll Red Roll (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Roll Red Roll". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2019-03-21). "'Roll Red Roll' Review: A Horrifying Assault in a Small Ohio Town". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  10. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (2019-03-22). "Film Review: 'Roll Red Roll'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  11. ↑ "Little Has Been Done to Address Campus Sexual Assault, Documentary 'Red Red Roll' Reminds". Observer. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  12. ↑ Scheck, Frank (April 29, 2018). "'Roll Red Roll': Film Review | Tribeca 2018". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Awards". Nantucket Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  14. ↑ "Monmouth Film Festival | 2018 Winners". Film Festival | United States | Monmouth Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
  15. ↑ "THE 2018 VTEDDY AWARDS". Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. Retrieved 2019-03-27.
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