ROE

Roe V Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court Justice, restricting women's reproductive rights. We follow Emmeline Gray and the moments before she is put on trial for performing an abortion after she was sexually assulted.

  • Aindrea Hopkins
    Director
  • Aindrea Hopkins
    Writer
  • Allie Smart
    Director of Photography
  • Madeline Vachon
    Producer
  • Natalie Acevedo
    Key Cast
    "Emmeline Gray"
  • Kellen Cuttance
    Key Cast
    "Prosecutor"
  • Lesley J. West
    Key Cast
    "Attorney Beth Wilson"
  • Caitlyn Brown
    Key Cast
    "Bea"
  • Colby Ballard
    First Assistant Director
  • Mitzi Santamaria Villafuerte
    Second Assistant Director
  • Mikayla White
    Script Supervisor
  • Mary Fontenot
    Script Supervisor
  • Addison Stafford
    Production Assistant
  • Chance Holmes-Snowden
    Camera Operator
  • Jack Floyd
    First Assistant Camera/Backup Camera Operator
  • Lindsey Heider
    Second Assistant Camera/Backup First Assistant Camera
  • Charles Coffey
    Grip/Backup Second Assistant Camera
  • Emma Dixon
    DIT/Grip
  • Dani Gama
    Sound Mixer
  • Chancelor Mayfield
    Boom Operator
  • Miles "Kilometers" Kasten
    Gaffer
  • Curtis J. Brown
    Key Grip
  • Matthew McCaskill
    Grip
  • Maggie Lynn Janney
    Grip
  • Harley Taylor
    Grip
  • Katrina Dell
    Art Department Head
  • Aly Taylor
    Art PA
  • Julia Kopocs
    Production Designer
  • Liam Spoon
    Crafty
  • Emma Brownlee
    Crafty
  • Chloe Ettinger
    BTS Photography
  • Spencer Lee
    BTS Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 26 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 4, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    1,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Western Carolina University
  • Controlled Chaos Film Festival
    Cullowhee, NC
    United States
    May 5, 2023
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection, Best Writer, Best Editor, Best Picture
Director Biography - Aindrea Hopkins

Aindrea Hopkins is a 2023 graduate of Western Carolina University, with a BFA in Film and Television Production. Aindrea wrote and directed her senior thesis project, ROE, which premiered at the 2023 Controlled Chaos Film Festival, where it won Best Writer, Best Editor, and Best Picture.
She hopes to inspire and create emotion within people with her stories. Her goal as a filmmaker is to create stories that underrepresented audiences can see themselves in and connect too in a meaningful way.

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Director Statement

This is a story to help spread awareness of the harmful effects that overturning Roe v. Wade could do. There are many people unaware of the severe harm it will cause. I hope that putting light on the situation to drive more people to speak up and take action.
(This was the statement written during the initial pitching of the film, a few months before the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022)