Roll Red Roll Film Screening

Join the Athens Library and Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program for a special event marking National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  We will be screening the documentary Roll Red Roll, followed by a facilitated discussion of the issues presented in the film. The film is appropriate for adults and older teens.
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.
At a pre-season football party in small-town Steubenville, Ohio, a
heinous crime took place: the assault of a teenage girl by members of
the beloved high school football team. What transpired would garner
national attention and result in the sentencing of two key offenders.
But it was the disturbing social media evidence uncovered online by
crime blogger Alex Goddard that provoked the most powerful questions
about the case, and about the collusion of teen bystanders, teachers,
parents and coaches to protect the assailants and discredit the victim.
As it painstakingly reconstructs the night of the crime and its
aftermath, Roll Red Roll uncovers the
engrained rape culture at the heart of the incident, acting as a
cautionary tale about what can happen when teenage social media bullying
runs rampant and adults look the other way. The film unflinchingly
asks: “why didn’t anyone stop it?”