Pandora's Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation

"Lifting the Lid on Menstruation"

2019 1h 15m EN

Documentary

Synopsis

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Pandora's Box unmasks the global pandemic of menstrual inequity and period poverty. From Maasai villages, to Mumbai and on to London, we meet young women who are forced to stay at home from school, or even drop out, merely because they don't have access to menstrual supplies. We meet formerly incarcerated women in the U.S. prison system who talk about their struggles to menstruate safely while deprived of basic human hygiene. One of them asks: "Isn't the ability to menstruate with dignity a basic human right?"

“Lifting the Lid on Menstruation”

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Behind the camera

Director: Rebecca Snow

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RUNTIME

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Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rebecca Snow, shot by Sarah Thomas Moffatt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Editor Sara Cabrera Aragon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Lifting the Lid on Menstruation".

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IMDB entry: tt10513416 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rebecca Snow directs. Sarah Thomas Moffatt behind the camera. Sara Cabrera Aragon cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 7 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Rebecca Snow, shot by Sarah Thomas Moffatt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Sara Cabrera Aragon shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Marketing tagline: "Lifting the Lid on Menstruation".
7IMDB entry: tt10513416 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.