students redefine the narrative of consent on campus
STUDENTS REDEFINE THE NARRATIVE OF CONSENT ON CAMPUS
Screening at University of Missouri
Our participant, Miranda Jo, in front of our theater marquee ahead of our UNSCA screening
Sold out screening at our NOFF premiere!
Roleplay at Ragtag Cinema in partnership with True/False Film Fest and Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
Screening at UT Austin
Katie and Jenny at our Yale screening
TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR PARTNERS
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We need this film on our campuses. . . It captures the variety and complexity of the student experience without seeming trite. The students in the film are so very human, flawed and worthy of compassion.
Tania Tetlow, President of Fordham University
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Roleplay captures the complexity of decision-making for students and their struggles to deeply understand what healthy, consensual sex should look like. i believe the film would be beneficial for any college student, administrator, or faculty to see.
Eva Lessinger, Founder of Beyond Harm
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Roleplay is more than a snapshot, it is a transformative pedagogical process that--through observing real students confront real situations--engages the audience in the process of meaning making and social change.
Sally J. Kenney, Professor of Political Science Emerita at Tulane University
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Katie Mathews (she/her)
DIRECTOR
Katie Mathews is a filmmaker working across documentary and fiction. Her collaborative approach is focused on creating spaces for truth and transformation. Recent projects include feature documentary Roleplay (SXSW 2024) and narrative short Dark Moon (Vimeo Staff Pick 2022). She is a Princess Grace Award winner, and her work can be found on Teen Vogue, WIRED, Condé Nast Traveler, PBS, Hulu, and Disney+.
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Darcy McKinnon (she/her)
PRODUCER
Darcy McKinnon is a documentary filmmaker based in New Orleans, whose work focuses on the American South and the Caribbean. Recently released projects include A King Like Me and Roleplay, premiering at SXSW 2024, Commuted, the winner of the New Orleans Film Festival Audience Award and Best Louisiana Documentary (PBS, 2024)
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Jenny Mercein (she/her)
PRODUCER
Jenny Mercein is a theater-maker, writer, storyteller, and producer. She’s been at Tulane since 2016, and currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. She is the proud recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Tulane chapter of Mortar Board in 2023. She is also a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and the National Alliance of Acting Teachers.
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Darci Fulcher (she/her)
THEATER ARTIST / INTIMACY COORDINATOR
Darci Fulcher is an intimacy coordinator, director and movement coach who has dedicated her career to promoting safety, consent, and guidance in the entertainment industry.
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DENISE FRAZIER (she/her)
THEATER ARTIST
Denise Frazier is the Programming Director for Prospect New Orleans. She is an educator, musician, and interdisciplinary artist, a 2023-2024 MLK Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the assistant director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University.
As a company member of Goat in the Road Productions, Frazier has used her skills as an actor and as a musical composer in immersive performances.
“One of the best docs I’ve seen so far this year is Katie Mathews’ “Roleplay,” a film that truly surprised me because it does what so few films like this are willing to do: It lets its subjects be messy, unpredictable, and human. . . Mathews has a deceptively subtle voice as a director, providing a supportive platform more than insisting on cinematic results. It leads to a film that’s all the more powerful by virtue of feeling so very real.”
- Brian Tallerico, Managing Director
“More than a documentary about campus sexual violence, Roleplay is a damning window into the ways society reinforces rape culture.”
- Brandon Lewis
“It changed me. Access to these brilliant young minds and what they’ve accomplished got to me on a cellular level. I remembered to be hopeful for a moment.”
- Ashley Smith
