Barbara Hammer (1939-2019)
Menses (1974)
1974, 3:15 min, color, sound, 16 mm film on HD video
A wry comedy on the disagreeable aspects of menstruation, in which women act out their own dramas on a California hillside, in a supermarket, in a red-filtered ritual of mutual bonding. Menses combines both the imagery and the politics of menstruation in a fine blend of comedy and drama. -- EAI

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