Menses

Film Maker
Hammer, Barbara
Year
1974
Country
U.S.A.
Language
Format
16mm
Length
4
Genre
experimental, narrative
Category
body, comedy, Work about Women, Work by Women

A wry comedy on the disagreeable aspects of menstruation. Women act out their own dramas on a California hillside, in a supermarket, in a red-filtered ritual of mutual bonding. “Menses” combines both the imagery and the politics of menstruation in a fine blend of comedy and drama.

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