'Period. End of Sentence', an India set movie at the taboos round menstruation and featuring the real 'Pad Man', has bagged the Oscar within the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees incorporated 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat' and 'A Night At The Garden'.
The movie's executive manufacturer Guneet Monga is extremely joyful on the win and took to Twitter to express her happiness.
The movie is set women in India preventing against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganantham. It is executive produced by Monga and is co-produced by Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, which has backed motion pictures like 'The Lunchbox' and 'Masaan'.
Directed by award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the movie is created by The Pad Project, an organisation established by an impressed staff of students on the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their trainer, Melissa Berton.
The 26-minute movie follows women and girls in Hapur in northern India and their revel in with the installation of a pad system of their village.
"I'm not crying because I'm on my period or anything. I can't believe a film on menstruation won an Oscar," Zehtabchi stated in her acceptance speech.
She additionally gave a nod to Monga.
"Guneet Monga - know that you have been empowering women all over the world fight for menstrual equality," she added.
Dedicating the award to her school, Berton stated the undertaking was once born because her students in LA and people in India wanted to make a "human rights difference".
"I share this award with the Feminist Majority Foundation, the entire team and cast. I share this with the teachers and students around the worlds - a period should end a sentence, not a girl's education," she stated.
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The movie's executive manufacturer Guneet Monga is extremely joyful on the win and took to Twitter to express her happiness.
WE WON!!! To each and every woman in this earth... know that you're a goddess... if heavens are listening... glance MA we put @sikhya at the map ❤️
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) 1551063085000The movie is set women in India preventing against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganantham. It is executive produced by Monga and is co-produced by Monga's Sikhya Entertainment, which has backed motion pictures like 'The Lunchbox' and 'Masaan'.
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Directed by award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the movie is created by The Pad Project, an organisation established by an impressed staff of students on the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their trainer, Melissa Berton.
The 26-minute movie follows women and girls in Hapur in northern India and their revel in with the installation of a pad system of their village.
"I'm not crying because I'm on my period or anything. I can't believe a film on menstruation won an Oscar," Zehtabchi stated in her acceptance speech.
She additionally gave a nod to Monga.
"Guneet Monga - know that you have been empowering women all over the world fight for menstrual equality," she added.
Dedicating the award to her school, Berton stated the undertaking was once born because her students in LA and people in India wanted to make a "human rights difference".
"I share this award with the Feminist Majority Foundation, the entire team and cast. I share this with the teachers and students around the worlds - a period should end a sentence, not a girl's education," she stated.
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