A Netflix documentary on menstruation stigma just won an Oscar

'Period. End Of Sentence.' wins the Best Documentary Short Academy Award.
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A Netflix documentary on menstruation stigma just won an Oscar
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Period. End Of Sentence., a Netflix documentary on the menstruation taboo in rural India, just won a well-deserved Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

The story is set in the Kathikhera village in India, where a local group of women is using a newly-installed machine to make and sell sanitary pads, raising awareness and fighting the stigma that surrounds menstruation in the local community.

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