Free Period (2017)
A Glaswegian standoff between a schoolgirl and a tampon machine. When schoolgirl Leanne can’t afford a sanitary pad she lines her underwear with toilet paper and ends up bleeding in front of her class during a presentation. Leanne overcomes this humiliation with a shocking act of rebellion - against a bully, a teacher, and against the stigma which acts as a barrier to her needs.
- Date of release
- 2017-03-07
- Runtime
- 6m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alison Piper
Casting
- Jasmin Riggins — Leanne
- Euan Stamper — Neil
- Fiona McGregor — Amy
- Ruby Winter — Bitchy Girl
- Colin Boyle — Mr MacDonald
- Wendy Barrett — Head teacher
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