Roll Red Roll

Director Nancy Schwartzman knows that no commentary or condemnation could be as devastating as simply presenting us with the footage of the adults and teenagers involved in the case of the Steubenville high school football players.

Roll Red Roll is an intense, provocative look at modern iterations of rape culture, and how becoming the home of an incredibly high-profile crime can reshape a town forever.

It's a very powerful movie. One of the things it demonstrates is how, in our digital age, there's a trail of incrimination that exists that didn't before.

Schwartzman's careful narrative derives its power not just from the archived depravity that gave prosecutors plenty of evidence... but the troubling inquiry - with no simple answers - at the heart of the case.

Some of the most disturbing material in "Roll Red Roll" comes via audio from a sports radio show.

[Schwartzman] stitches together her narrative through the text messages and social media posts that made the Steubenville case infamous. But she also grounds the story in the reaction of the community.

Roll Red Roll is a fascinating look inside American culture's football fanaticism where it meets the power of social media in changing times.

Roll Red Roll should be mandatory viewing for every teenager, parent and educator in America.

Roll Red Roll is a must-see exploration...

Maybe the cultural conversation around Steubenville then helped pave the way, at least a little, for #MeToo and #TimesUp now. So maybe there's reason to hope.