GOODS OF (F) LUXURY: THE SHORT ABOUT MENSTRUATION THAT WON AN OSCAR

In the wild countryside of India, where there are countless taboos about menstruation, small villagers start producing biodegradable sanitary pads that they sell at very low prices to women who can't afford them in shops and gain economic independence.

And "the plot of" Period. End of Sentence "the short film by Rayka Zehtabchi, the Indian director who last year won the Academy Award for best documentary short.
A positive and revolutionary film, for a nation where gender discrimination reigns supreme:

Distributed by Netflix, in Italy the title is "The cycle of progress".
The original title of the short film, is a play on words with English, actually refers to the menstrual cycle that in India pushes many young women to abandon their studies and shut themselves up at home in order not to face this "embarrassment".

The story is really beautiful, at times epic. Each of the protagonists radically changes their way of life.
Not only do they make themselves economically independent, but they also earn the respect of those around them and their husbands begin to treat them equally.
The "absorbent that they create? L" they called "fly". Because it is their means of taking flight towards equality.