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‘Boys Will Be Boys’ Is Not an Excuse “Roll Red Roll” takes a different point of view. She notes that the focus is typically on the rape victim. “It all hinges and burdens the victim to tell her story, and we as the legal system and as the public are asked, ‘Do we believe this person?,’” she says. Instead, Schwartzman focused on rape Photo: Amber Patrick culture itself, the broader picture, and not just ABOVE: Bienvenue! Jenniver Sparano introduces Paul the perpetrators and victim. “With all the Marques Duarte, director of “Find Harbour for a Day.” His short screened during FilmSlam’s French shorts program. tweets talking about rape, joking about rape BELOW: Filmmaker Maxine Trump introduces her film —‘Hey, did you see it,’ ‘Hey, we are going to “To Kid or Not to Kid.” The director was last in Cleveland at CIFF37 with her documentary “Musicwood.” do this’—it was so clear,” she remarks. “I had this really broad picture of not only how that night went down, but how the entire community and larger culture was accepting about that violence.” Nancy Schwartzman, a graduate of Columbia University, uses storytelling and technology to create safer communities for The film fights against the “boys will be women and girls. Her Circle of 6 app helps young women get boys” mentality and the bystander effect— in quick contact with friends for help when a potential unsafe situation occurs. when people witness something, but do nothing to help. “We want people to take ancy Schwartzman has directed short action from this film because what ‘Roll

documentary films, created the Circle Red Roll’ lays bare is a callous, desensitized Photo: Nathan Migal Nof 6 mobile app (which has 350,000 approach to sexual violence,” Schwartzman users), and has presented internationally, notes. “It’s letting it happen, seeing it, know- including at the White House and United ing about it, not doing anything, sharing, and Nations. “My work over the past 10 years or laughing about it.” more focused on the intersection of youth Schwartzman did offer ways to fight back— culture, technology, and sexuality,” she says. starting with our local communities: schools, Her first feature-length documentary, “Roll churches, teams, and friends. “We can all start Red Roll,” is her latest project. with small steps, calling out the rape jokes, The film covers the Steubenville, Ohio, rape calling out the language, and taking it seriously,” Photo: Tim Smith “Well Groomed” producers Justin Levy, left, and Matthew case which made national headlines in 2012 she advises. Mills, along with director Rebecca Stern presided over a when members of the high school football In spite of the difficult nature of her film, rollicking discussion about artistic dog grooming in the CIFF Chat Room. team assaulted a teenage girl in horrific fashion. Schwartzman has a message of hope, change, Schwartzman commented that what drew and progress. She believes that our attitudes her to this particular case was “how social towards sexual assault can get better. “We can media influenced the telling of the story,” she solve this,” she concludes. “This is not OF THE says. “The availability of social media content inevitable. This is not the way it has to be.” DAY 7 really gave a window into how perpetrators —W. Connor Drake FILM FESTIVAL and bystanders were treating [the situation].” IS SPONSORED BY The film goes into the heaps of evidence that ROLL RED ROLL SHOWING is playing today at 7:15 p.m. were available regarding text messages and TODAY social media. followed by a FilmForum

Festival Updates Women are Making Themselves Added Screening: Heard . . . Finally Saturday April 6th hen was the last time you saw a 100 Things 9:00 am woman in a really strong leading role? Champions 9:05 am If it was “Thelma and Louise,” the The City That Sold America 3:10 pm W Princess of the Row 3:40 pm year was 1991. Times change, or do they? Since the early days, Hollywood and the film Late Additions: industry are notoriously known as a male- Thursday April 4th dominated industry. Even today, actresses are Mike Wallace Is Here 7:10 pm not getting equal pay for their roles in films and Good Girl Gone Bad 8:30 pm stories of female directors being replaced with Friday April 5th men on high-profile projects are rampant. Cut Off 3:30 pm Good Girl Gone Bad 5:30 pm It’s just recently that woman have been Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 8:25 pm speaking out on the issue. Saturday April 6th Filmmaker captures their Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 9:00 am stories in his latest feature documentary, “This Good Girl Gone Bad 4:50 pm Changes Everything.” He talks with actresses Mike Wallace Is Here 5:10 pm such as Geena Davis, , Taraji P. Before You Know It 6:20 pm Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil Henson, and , about their and Vile 9:25 pm experiences. After watching one of his films, filmmaker Tom Donahue Cut Off 9:45 pm considers it a success if somebody feels “what it’s like to “We started by identifying the most vocal walk in someone else’s shoes for 90 minutes.” Sunday April 7th people on this issue and asking them for Cut Off 4:20 pm interviews,” says Donahue. “I knew within the present the issues as well as potential solutions Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 6:55 pm first year of production that I wanted to tell around a given topic. Before You Know It 7:00 pm the stories of Maria Giese [director] and Geena More than 180 people were interviewed for Check for the latest festival updates Davis [actress]. They both represented opposite his film. And he listened to each subject, created on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ciff or sides of the same coin—Geena represented the transcripts, found the best soundbytes, and Facebook at www.facebook.com/ ClevelandInternationalFilmFestival. struggle for greater equality in on-screen repre- created topic sequences. Eventually, he ended up Or visit www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/ sentation and Maria represented the struggle for with a “three-act structure” that editor Jasmin updates. equality in the workplace. It was this duality that Way was able to build. would form the basis of the film’s structure.” Along the way, he learned some disturbing The film was a three-and-a-half-year journey, information. he says, and he makes it clear that he “was not “I was probably most shocked by the stories Challenge Match hired by anyone to make the film,” but rather of sexual harassment and abuse,” he says. “In The Challenge Match is the CIFF’s annual it was his independent production company— 2015, a lot of those stories had not come out fundraising campaign, and the only time of built on a reputation of featuring documenta- yet. I certainly knew these kinds of things the year that we ask for your support (we do not send out solicitation letters at any time). ries about social justice—that undertook the happened but I did not know how prevalent The challenge to you—our audience—is to endeavor. and truly systemic they were.” raise $150,000, which will be matched by “We never go into a project with any sort of —Anne M. DiTeodoro Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. agenda,” he explains. “We approach our films as We are $47,813 closer to investigations.” His intent is to listen to each THIS CHANGES reaching our goal of $150,000! SHOWING subject and then determine the best way to TODAY EVERYTHING A $10 DONATION QUALIFIES YOU FOR is playing today at 2:35 p.m. ONE OF THESE FABULOUS PRIZES!! INDULGENCE: Pamper yourself with a dozen massages from Bella Capelli THE Sanctuario, two one-year memberships ONLINE for yoga at the Atma Center, a new hairstyle from Eddy’s on Coventry, a Visit The Daily online edition at shopping trip to Legacy Village, and a www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/the-daily. bottle of wine to celebrate the new you! Stop by the Challenge Match table in the TODAY’S ONLINE VERSION INCLUDES: Tower City Cinemas lobby to donate. • Screwdriver THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! (Playing today at 7:20 p.m.) Producer Shrihari Sathe discusses the struggles of bringing marginalized stories to broader audiences. • Stress (Playing today at 8:55 p.m.) German filmmaker Florian Baron takes us

Official Airline of the 43rd CIFF Photo: Lindsey Poyar into the world of young American veterans The Cleveland International Film Festival receives WELCOME struggling with post-traumatic stress public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Tower City Center is all decked out in its CIFF finery. Whether disorder (PTSD). Arts & Culture, to preserve and enrich our region’s you are heading to the cinemas, the food court, or to one of the artistic and cultural heritage. hotels, you’ll see welcoming signage throughout the facility.