The 2007 Oscar-winning producer for best documentary film short, FREEHELD, Ms. Roth has over a decade of experience writing, producing and directing award-winning, socially and culturally progressive documentary films that are catalysts for positive change. Her films have received the highest honors, been distributed internationally, and critically acclaimed. Her first feature, the 1998 PBS prime time special, TAKEN IN: THE LIVES OF AMERICAS FOSTER CHILDREN, earned the broadcast equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize­the coveted DuPont Columbia award. The inspirational story of generations of foster care youth, TAKEN IN was broadcast worldwide, serving as a seminal work for foster care and child welfare policymakers, education practitioners, and university courses.

In 2002, Roth’s documentary film, CLOSE TO HOME, about survivors of sexual abuse, made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.  It was the focus of a special Oprah episode and was included in her special 20^th Anniversary DVD collection.  The film made its television broadcast premiere on Discovery Health Channel as a two-hour special. The film, funded by The McGwire Foundation for Children in partnership with Prevent Child Abuse America, received critical acclaim internationally and received many awards, including from Sundance, the National Center for Social Justice and the Media, and the New York Festivals World Medal.

In 2003, Roth worked with the Yale Child Development Center, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, and educational reform legend, Ed Zeigler, in the making of SCHOOLS OF THE 21^ST CENTURY, a short film used across the country by schools, universities, public broadcasting stations and Congress as a model for the future of early education in America. 

In 2004, Roth Co-Produced and Co-Directed (with Academy Award nominated Roger Weisberg) the feature documentary, AGING OUT.   After spending two years following the lives of young people aging out of the foster care system, AGING OUT was a national PBS special and has won numerous awards and honors including the CINE Golden Eagle and The Casey Gold Medal, and has won Best Documentary at many festivals, including the Tiburon International Film Festival. AGING OUT has propelled new legislation to be written on behalf of these young people.  It is also the center of a national outreach campaign sponsored by the Annie Casey Foundation. 

In 2006 Ms. Roth’s feature, THE THIRD MONDAY IN OCTOBER, has won honors at Tribeca and San Francisco International film festivals. The film follows the Presidential races of middle school students during the 2004 National Presidential Elections. Partnering up with young voters organizations, the film will serve as an outreach tool for civic and youth engagement.