India-based documentary on menstruation produced by Guneet Monga lands Oscar nomination
File image of Guneet Monga and official poster of the film.
Rima Das directorial 'Village Rockstars' may have not made it to the final list of nominees at the Oscars this year but a documentary based in India has made it to the Oscar nomination.
'Period. End of Sentence', an India set film on the taboos around menstruation and featuring the real `Pad Man` has made it to the top five nominees of the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees include 'Black Sheep', 'End Game', 'Lifeboat' and 'A Night At The Garden'.
'Period. End Of Sentence' had Guneet Monga as its executive producer and is co-produced by Monga`s Sikhya Entertainment, which has backed films like 'The Lunchbox' and 'Masaan'. Check out the complete list of nominations here.
The film is about women in India fighting against the deeply rooted stigma of menstruation and delving upon the work of real life `Pad Man` Arunachalam Muruganathan.
Directed by award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the film is created by The Pad Project, an organisation established by an inspired group of students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher, Melissa Berton.
The 26-minute film follows girls and women in Hapur in northern India and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village.