PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE. is the 2019 Oscar winner for DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT). Congratulations to Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton on their first Oscar win. This was their first Oscar nomination. Other nominees for DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) included BLACK SHEEP, END GAME, LIFEBOAT, and A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN. Watch Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton's Oscar acceptance speech below.
In the rural village of Hapur, outside of Delhi, India, women hope to make feminine hygiene supplies easily available and end the stigma surrounding menstruation, which often results in girls having to drop out of school. A machine that makes sanitary pads is installed, and the women operating it find financial security and independence.
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