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Los Angeles: A film about menstruation, unfolding in rural India and titled Period. End of Worship Won the Oscar of the 91st Academy Awards in the category "Documentary Short Film"
Award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi directed the short film produced by Sikhya Entertainment, of Indian producer Guneet Monga.
The film was created as part of The Pad, a project created by students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher Melissa Berton.
"I do not cry because I'm on my period. Or whatever. I can not believe that a movie about menstruation has won an Oscar, "said Zehtabchi in his thank you speech.
She also greeted Monga. "Guneet Monga – know that you have empowered women around the world to fight for menstrual equality," she added.
Monga tweeted after the victory:
WE WON !!! To every girl on this earth … know that you are a goddess … if the heavens listen … look at MA, we put @sikhya on the map ❤️
– Guneet Monga (@guneetm ) February 25, 2019
Speaking at his school, Berton explained that the project was born because his students in Los Angeles and India wanted to make a difference in human rights.
"I share this award with the Feminist Majority Foundation, the entire team and the actors. I share this with teachers and students around the world – a period should end a sentence and not the education of a girl, "she said.
The feature-length documentary takes place in the village of Hapur, near Delhi, where women are leading a quiet revolution fighting the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation. 19659002] When a sanitary napkin vending machine is installed in the village, women learn to make and market their own towels, empowering their community and name their brand FLY.
The other short documentaries nominated in the category are Black Sheep End of part A lifeboat and a night at the Garden .
India is interested in more in addition to the hygiene of the period, which was also the subject of a traditional Bollywood film Padman starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role in a biographical film about Arunachalam Muruganantham, which began to make carpets at a reduced price in his village despite his ostracism.
The moment when India goes to the Oscars comes exactly ten years after the RA. Rahman and sound engineer Resul Pookutty won the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009.
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