The Chosen Ones: An Interview with Nancy Schwartzman

Nancy Schwartzman, a documentary film director, producer, and media strategist, recently finished her first full length feature film, Red Roll Red. Along with a slew of other impressive accolades, it received the 2018 Special Selection from Tribeca Film Festival. Here is the film’s official description:

In small-town Ohio, at a pre-season football party, a horrible incident took place. What transpired would garner national attention and result in the sentencing of two key offenders. As amateur crime blogger Alex Goddard uncovers disturbing evidence on Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, documenting the assault of a teenage girl by members of the beloved high school football team, questions linger around the collusion of teen and adult bystanders.  ROLL RED ROLL explores the complex motivations of both perpetrators and bystanders in this story, to unearth the attitudes at the core of their behavior. The Steubenville story acts as a cautionary tale of what can happen when adults look the other way and deny that rape culture exists. With unprecedented access to police documents, exhibits and evidence, the documentary feature unflinchingly asks: “why didn’t anyone stop it?”

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