The Red Pill (2017)

The Red Pill is a documentary that follows Jaye’s journey into the Men’s Rights Movement, exploring gender inequality from the perspective of men. The film stirred debate and garnered attention from both critics and audiences for its bold subject matter and unique storytelling approach.

Position: Director, Producer, Editor
Productions Company: Jaye Bird Productions, LLC.
Fiscal Sponsor: SF Film Society
Oscar-qualifying Theatrical Premiere: October 2016
Worldwide VOD/streaming release: March 2017
Awards & Recognition:

– The Red Pill was the most-watched film on multiple VOD platforms in 2017, ahead of the new release movies: Disney’s Moana, Star Wars’ Rogue One and Marvel’s Logan.
– The Red Pill’s post-production was funded by a record-breaking crowd-funding campaign on Kickstarter in 2015, raising $211,260, which was 217% of the initial goal.
– The Red Pill won three awards at the 2017 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema: “Best of Festival”, “Excellence in Directing Documentary”, and “Excellence in Producing a Documentary”.
– Cassie Jaye won the “Women in Film Award” at the Hollywood Digifest Festival for her work on The Red Pill.
– The Red Pill won the Audience Favorite award at the 2017 Louisiana International Film Festival.
– The Red Pill qualified for the 2017 Academy Awards.
– The Red Pill was featured in New York Times, LA Times, Huffington Post, New York Post, LA Weekly, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, among others.
– Cassie Jaye delivered a TEDx Talk about her experience making The Red Pill called ‘Meeting the Enemy’ which currently has 12 million views on YouTube and is the most-watched TED Talk on gender.