The complete list of nominations for the Oscars 2019 was announced on Tuesday.
Period. End of Sentence, the film featuring the real 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganathan, has made it to the list of the nominees. The short documentary that is set in India discusses the taboos around menstruation.
The film is one of the five nominees in the 'Documentary Short Subject' category that also includes Black Sheep, End Game, Lifeboat and A Night At The Garden. Directed by Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the film is a creation of The Pad Project, an organisation established by a group of students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher, Melissa Berton. The 26-minute film follows the story of girls and women in the village Hapur in Uttar Pradesh and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village.
End of Sentence is executive produced by Guneet Monga and is co-produced by Monga's Sikhya Entertainment. Sharing the news on Twitter, Guneet wrote:
We all made it happen! @RAYning @melissaberton @lisataback @StaceySher @Garrettschiff @douglasblush @mesopystic @samdavisdp and all the young girls who saw this dream from Oakwood school !! This is so EPIC !!
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