CWC Docs: The Other Roe
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Pollock Theater
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Date & Time
Thu, Apr 09 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
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Pollock Theater University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010
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Pollock Theater
The Other Roe (2026) uncovers the story of Doe v. Bolton, a historic Supreme Court case that was decided on the same day as Roe v. Wade, yet has largely been erased from public memory.
While Roe became a national symbol, Doe quietly provided the broader legal framework that shaped reproductive rights for generations.
The film centers on Margie Pitts Hames, a trailblazing civil rights attorney whose courage and brilliance were essential to the modern fight for bodily autonomy.
Through archival footage, intimate interviews, and contemporary reflections, The Other Roe traces Hames’s journey as she takes on a segregated hospital system, challenges the state of Georgia, and stands before the United States Supreme Court to argue a case that would redefine the meaning of “medical necessity” and expand access to abortion nationwide.
As the nation revisits battles over reproductive freedom, The Other Roe brings forward a missing element of this landmark moment.
Visit this page for the UCSB Current‘s coverage of The Other Roe.
Director Wendy Eley Jackson (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) will join moderator Laury Oaks (Feminist Studies, UCSB) for a post-screening discussion of The Other Roe.
