Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP)

Period. End of Sentence. Film Screening & Director's Talk by Rayka Zehtabchi

Event Type

Film Screening

Sponsor

Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, co-sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; School of Social Work; Humanities Research Institute: Illinois Global Institute: Illinois International Programs; Center for African Studies; Center for Global Studies: Center for Latin American and Carribbean Studies: Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; and Women;s Resources Center.

Location

Illini Room A, Illini Union

Date

Apr 5, 2024   1:00 pm  

Speaker

Rayka Zehtabchi

Registration

https://go.illinois.edu/CommonDifferences2024

Contact

WGGP

E-Mail

wggp@illinois.edu

Phone

217-333-1994

Views

40

This event is a part of the April 4-5 Conference " Transnational Feminism Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s) 

Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American director and producer working in both documentary and fiction. Rayka'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. 

Moderated by Dr. Kathryn Clancy.

Registration appreciated at https://go.illinois.edu/CommonDifferences2024.