Chhaupadi (2020)

Sumana spends her periods in the cowshed with cows. In her village in western Nepal, it is believed that a woman during her period is unclean, and if she enters the house, she can anger the gods and put a curse on the family. Sumana's father is a local priest who requires strict adherence to tradition by the family. For him, the customs are more important than the health of women and their children. The organization Days for Girls Nepal helps discriminated women by organizing training where girls learn that menstruation is not a bad thing, but a natural function of the body. They also receive their first sanitary pads, thanks to which they will not have to use scraps of clothes, and going to school during menstruation will no longer be a challenge. Dominika Kulczyk, who has been making documentaries about important problems of the modern world for years, will accompany Nepalese women in breaking taboos. She will meet girls who feel guilty of being a woman, and whose community forces them to redeem the "curse of menstruation."