Roll Red Roll

Steubenville, Ohio found itself at the centre of attention in America in August 2012. The rape of a 16-year-old girl revealed that the roots of "rape culture" are deeply embedded in society. It would have been a party like any other... Had the members of the revered local football team not sexually abused an underage girl. Had they not started boasting online on social media platforms. And had one blogger not followed the digital traces of the crime. When the case came to light and attracted the attention of the media and the public, the neighbourhood tried to downplay the behaviour of "our boys" and to blame the victim, who after all must have known what she was getting herself into. The documentary reveals the crime layer by layer, exposing the complicity of coaches, teachers and parents, as well as the role social networks play in similar cases.