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Oscars 2019: Guneet Monga is happy and proud as her Period. End of Sentence wins an Oscar

91st Academy Awards: Guneet Monga’s India-based docu-film makes it big at the Oscars

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Guneet Monga, one of the producers on the documentary film Period. End of Sentence is on cloud nine right now. Her film has won the prestigious Oscar in the Best Documentary Short Subject category. She is currently in California celebrating the victory and here is all you need to know. The film is Guneet’s Sikhya Entertainment co-production and talks about the stigma associated with menstruation. It also sheds light on the pad project and how under the guidance of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a group of ladies begun a sanitary pad producing unit. The film has won at the 91st film Academy Awards and the industry here too is celebrating the win.

 

Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi the film was crowd-funded by the students from the Oakwood School. While basking in her glory Guneet said, “Thank you to the Academy for the highest honour and for recognising the efforts of the young girls from Oakwood School in LA to Kathikera in UP in helping us shatter the glass ceiling. Periods are normal and in no way do they stop us from achieving anything. This has been more than 10 years of work of Action India run by Gauri Chaudhary on educating reproductive rights on the ground in many villages. Feminist Majority Movement and Girls learn International have been pushing this cause in US.” While thanking everyone associated she also stated that she not only wants to win accolades but also create awareness with this project.

“Every girl in India or anywhere around the world needs to know this and hear this loud and clear. Period is an end of a sentence but not a girl’s education. I am honoured and absolutely humbled to partner with Melissa and Rayka in making our short documentary happen. Mandakini Kakar from Sikhya was on the floor working with the film and is the voice of the film too. And thank you Stacey Sher and Lisa Taback for supporting this massive dream. And thank you Netflix for truly putting us on the map!” added Guneet. More power to you Guneet!

 

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