Quotes

October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Impure: more than just a film

Impure, a film five years in the making. This premiere wasn’t just a screening, but an event that united filmmakers, activists, and audience members for a common cause. A report by menstrual health advocate Monicah Muhoya from Kenya. (…)

Global

September 11, 2024 0 Comments

Impure – a story that needs telling

Based on the tragic story of Jackline Chepngeno, the movie Impure from German writer/director Rico Herre focuses on period shaming in rural Kenya. (…)

Culture

March 31, 2023 0 Comments

Donna and Ally: on the run with PMDD

Meet Donna and Ally. Two teenage foster girls on the run while on the quest to be somebodies in a comic roadmovie. One of them has an extra obstacle: PMDD. (…)

Culture

March 9, 2023 0 Comments

F*ck Endo. More than just menstrual pain

New: the documentary F*ck Endo – More than just menstrual pain, by Dutch visual anthropologist, photographer and upcoming documentary maker Wilke Geurds. (…)

Culture

January 23, 2023 0 Comments

Taboo-busting movie: PERIOD

All over the world women and girls get their period. For thousands of years. Yet there is still a taboo. This has to change. Dutch screenwriter and director Catherina Iosifidis (1997) thinks so too. Watch her very short movie here. (…)

Culture

August 21, 2022 0 Comments

Period: the movies

Periods on screen? Yes indeed! Menstruation is also hot & happening in the cinema and on Netflix and Disney+. From Oscar-winning blockbusters to personal short docs, here are some must-see menstrual movies. (…)

Culture

October 13, 2021 0 Comments

Periods in different… periods

Period Piece is a brilliant web series about women in different periods of history… having their periods. (…)

Art

November 1, 2020 0 Comments

Ditch that period cringe!

In her short documentary About Bloody Time!, filmmaker Rachel Judkins explores the silence about periods in a very personal way. (…)

Culture

January 17, 2019 0 Comments

Mary Queen Of Scots: a real period drama

A period drama in more ways than one: the costume movie about Queen Mary features a scene with menstrual blood. (…)

Culture

January 22, 2018 0 Comments

Padman: the new Indian superhero

After discovering his wife couldn’t afford to buy sanitary pads, Indian entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham developed low cost pads. Now his story is being made into a movie.

Fun

December 18, 2016 0 Comments

Carrie a Tampon?

The head covered in blood looks familiar? Indeed. The sketch Carrie a Tampon? by Lady Manners is loosely based on the horror movie Carrie.

Culture

September 7, 2015 0 Comments

Menstruation + taboo (1): film festivals

Lately there has been a lot of attention for the subject of menstruation + taboo. Period! brings you the best awareness actions. This week: film festivals.