Filmmaker Statement

In the fall of 2020, I had a "medication" abortion. The experience was more painful and upsetting than I had ever anticipated, but more intense than the pain was how creepy and unsettling it was: I felt powerless against the force of my own body. Like my body was no longer mine. A few months later, my friend Charlotte sent me a script she had written about her own abortion, which had spiraled into a traumatic surprise procedure when her gynecologist discovered she had already started miscarrying before she even came in to pick up the pills. Her script deeply resonated with me. The protagonist's hallucinations of worms taking over her body expressed the vulnerability that I felt, both in carrying a pregnancy I didn’t want, and during the painful and surreal process of expelling it. Charlotte and I made the film together in October 2021, with an amazing and talented cast and crew. We are very excited to finally share it with the world.