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This short film is a delight! Having lived through many decades of tampon and every other form of feminine hygiene product in television and print adds, watching Indian women (and men) shyly discussing menstruation is somehow heartwarming. At its core is the serious subject of the empowerment of women that is treated with a gentle but firm hand. Go see it!

Wished it was longer to discuss more statistics. But films about menstruation poverty is always appreciated. We must shed light to this very upsetting issue. I also loved PadMan and Toilet: A Love Story. It's long overdue to start making strides to help impoverished women in our world.

It was overall a heartwarming doc. It was really nice and touching to see these women start to feel empowered. Empowered about their bodies and finding work. My main problem is that it wasn't as heavy hitting as I was hoping it to be. Maybe thats because its a short film and so it lacks the time to delve deeper. But as an instance there is a sad moment where the women say that are not allowed to go to temple when they're menstruating. And its something that never gets investigated into further. I think it would have been interesting to dive a bit more into the culture and stigma around the issue. Or a few times they ask men questions like "Do you know what a period is"...or they ask the men who are visiting the women making pads if they know what they are doing, to which the men shyly respond "Diapers". And the documentary never really pushes this narrative further. I felt like it could have been a tad more compelling if they pushed a bit further on why this topic is so taboo and why so theyre embarrassed to talk about it. I get that this is even a big start for them and this "revolution" if you will, is just starting. But I don't know, it was a bit light. I still think its overall an enjoyable doc to watch that also covers important subject matter that will tug at your heartstrings and make you proud to be a woman...but could have been a bit more.

The story was very interesting and something I was not aware of at all. One choice the filmmakers made I could not get past. Why did they choose to dub the subjects? Every time that happened it took me out of the story. Anyone else bothered by that or just me?

This short documentary is so enlightening and such an important, wonderful way to reveal the struggles of women in poverty and in cultures where this subject is still so taboo they can't talk about it, that I really wish this was a full-length documentary. There is so much more to the story than this well done short reveals. Very well done! I am so glad it was honored with an Oscar, I would not have known about it, were it not for the Oscar ceremony, which I always watch, and then watch the nominees and winners that I haven't heard about before the show. Thank you!