On April 5, 2024, WGGP and GWS hosted a Film Screening of “Period. End of Sentence” with Director Rayka Zehtabchi as part of the Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) Conference on April 4-5th, 2024.
Reyka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American director and producer working in both documentary and fiction. Reyka’s Oscar-winning Netflix short documentary “Period. End of Sentence.” is about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation.
The Film Screening was co-sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
Center for Global Studies
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Humanities Research Institute
Illinois Global Institute
Illinois International Programs
School of Social Work
Women’s Resources Center