Roll Red Roll
TFI Suppport
Logline
A whistle-blowing blogger uncovers disturbing social media evidence documenting the gang rape of a teenage girl. The story of a football town divided, ROLL RED ROLL is a true crime thriller examining sexual assault in small town America.
Nancy Schwartzman
Director/Producer
Nancy Schwartzman is a filmmaker and media strategist who believes storytelling and technology create safer communities for women and girls. A globally recognized human rights activist for gender-based violence, she directed The Line, a documentary examining consent, and PBS/POV and BBC broadcast xoxosms a love story exploring teenagers and technology. Nancy created the White House award-winning mobile app “Circle of 6,” designed to reduce sexual violence used by over 300,000 people in 36 countries. As an impact producer, past campaigns include Academy Award Nominee The Invisible War and Girl Model. She’s presented at the UN, TEDx, WHO, DOCNYC and more.
Jennifer Fox
Executive Producer
Jennifer Fox's producing credits include Steven Soderbergh's The Informant (2009), Tony Gilroy's Michael Clayton (2007) and Duplicity (2009), and Steve Gaghan's Syriana (2005). Also, as executive producer: Richard Linklater's Through a Scanner Darkly (2006) and George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck (2005).
Jessica Devaney
Producer
Jessica Devaney is a Brooklyn-based producer and the founder of Multitude Films, an independent production company dedicated to telling stories by and about underrepresented communities. She recently produced THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (Tribeca 2018), dubbed “a real-world conspiracy thriller” by Variety, Cinema Eye-nominated ROLL RED ROLL (Tribeca 2018), LOVE THE SINNER (Tribeca 2017), and Critic’s Choice-nominated SPEED SISTERS (Hot Docs 2015), which The New York Times called “subtly rebellious and defiantly optimistic.” Additional credits include CALL HER GANDA (Tribeca 2018), NAILA & THE UPRISING (IDFA 2017), Peabody Award-winning MY NEIGHBOURHOOD (Tribeca 2012), and Ridenhour Prize-winning BUDRUS (Tribeca 2010). Jessica co-founded the Queer Producers Collective, produced Doc Society’s Queer Impact Producers Lab, and was a Sundance Edit and Story Lab fellow, Women at Sundance fellow, and Sundance Creative Producing Lab advisor.
Steven Lake
Producer
Steven Lake is a Peabody nominated documentary producer. He is the producer of ROLL RED ROLL (BBC, POV - PBS, Netflix) which premiered at Tribeca 2018, screened at over 40 international festivals and had a theatrical release in the US. The film was called "Raw and pressing" – Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, was Critic’s Pick for The New York Times and has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. His other films include DRYING FOR FREEDOM (Amazon Prime), ANONYMOUS COMES TO TOWN (The Guardian) and ANOTHER KIND OF PARADISE. He has worked with Doc Society, TFI, Ford Foundation and BFI.