ROLEPLAY is a feature documentary that follows a group of college students as they confront sexual violence on their campus through a transformative theater process. This urgent coming of age story follows young adults grappling with sex, consent, identity, and power on their paths to adulthood.
Faced with rampant sexual violence on their college campus, a group of college students spend a year creating an immersive play from their real-life experiences. Building characters and scenes based on the sexual politics of their campus, the student actors confront hard truths. The film follows this process with a lyrical lens, blurring the lines between reality and performance, moving between verite of campus life and the confessional vulnerability of the rehearsal room. Posing urgent questions about the toxic legacies imparted on the next generation, ROLEPLAY explores the roles we play as we grow into who we are: how they hurt us, heal us, and shape who we become.
World Premiere - SXSW 2024
Points North 2019 - Fellowship and Pitch
Gotham Documentary Lab 2021
