‘Period. End of Sentence.’ Is a film set in India which talks about taboos around menstruation, has made it to the list of Oscar nomination 2019.
The film featuring real life 'Pad Man' Arunachalam Muruganathan is among the five nominees in the Documentary Short Subject category. Other nominees include Black Sheep, End Game, Lifeboat and A Night At The Garden.
Directed by award-winning Iranian-American filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi, the film is a creation of 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 Uttar Pradesh and their experience with the installation of a pad machine in their village.