The Gallery That Destroys All Shame with Aurora Brachman and Jessie Zinn
10/24/23 • 39 min
Welcome to this special rePROFilm mini podcast episode, as part of our ‘Films for Thought’ partnership with WISP - a company that specializes in female-focused online reproduction and sexual health treatment. We’ve partnered with WISP to present a repro health movie night on college campuses across the US. At RePROFilm we believe in conversation and filmmaking as a vehicle for sparking change, and I’m so excited to be presenting these interviews with some brilliant filmmakers.
Aurora Brachman & Jessie Zinn directed the brilliant short film ‘The Gallery that Destroys All Shame’. The film documents a group of women who gather one night in Los Angeles to hear from two sex educators, Pamela and Mychal, who teach the women how to overcome shame and stigma around their bodies, and in particular their vulvas, in a workshop titled ‘Take Back the Speculum’.
Aurora Brachman is an award-winning documentary director and cinematographer. Her films explore narratives of intimate relationships within families and communities. Aurora primarily makes work about the experiences of Black, brown, and Queer people and is committed to collaborative and ethical storytelling.
Jessie Zinn is an award-winning director from Cape Town, South Africa. Her work often stems from ideas surrounding girlhood, and coming-of-age stories.
- Watch The Gallery that Destroys All Shame for free: https://www.reprofilm.org/wisp-films-for-thought- Learn more about WISP: https://hellowisp.com
- Sign up for rePROFilm's Periodical: https://reprofilm.org
If you haven’t already, subscribe to our monthly newsletter where you will get each episode of the pod straight to your inbox. Learn more at reprofilm.org or at @reprofilm The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!
Welcome to this special rePROFilm mini podcast episode, as part of our ‘Films for Thought’ partnership with WISP - a company that specializes in female-focused online reproduction and sexual health treatment. We’ve partnered with WISP to present a repro health movie night on college campuses across the US. At RePROFilm we believe in conversation and filmmaking as a vehicle for sparking change, and I’m so excited to be presenting these interviews with some brilliant filmmakers.
Aurora Brachman & Jessie Zinn directed the brilliant short film ‘The Gallery that Destroys All Shame’. The film documents a group of women who gather one night in Los Angeles to hear from two sex educators, Pamela and Mychal, who teach the women how to overcome shame and stigma around their bodies, and in particular their vulvas, in a workshop titled ‘Take Back the Speculum’.
Aurora Brachman is an award-winning documentary director and cinematographer. Her films explore narratives of intimate relationships within families and communities. Aurora primarily makes work about the experiences of Black, brown, and Queer people and is committed to collaborative and ethical storytelling.
Jessie Zinn is an award-winning director from Cape Town, South Africa. Her work often stems from ideas surrounding girlhood, and coming-of-age stories.
- Watch The Gallery that Destroys All Shame for free: https://www.reprofilm.org/wisp-films-for-thought- Learn more about WISP: https://hellowisp.com
- Sign up for rePROFilm's Periodical: https://reprofilm.org
If you haven’t already, subscribe to our monthly newsletter where you will get each episode of the pod straight to your inbox. Learn more at reprofilm.org or at @reprofilm The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!
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Birth Control Your Own Adventure with Sindha Agha
Welcome to this special rePROFilm mini podcast episode, as part of our ‘Films for Thought’ partnership with WISP - a company that specializes in female-focused online reproduction and sexual health treatment. We’ve partnered with WISP to present a repro health movie night on college campuses across the US. At RePROFilm we believe in conversation and filmmaking as a vehicle for sparking change, and I’m so excited to be presenting these interviews with some brilliant filmmakers.
Sindha Agha is the director of ‘Birth Control Your Own Adventure' and is a stop-motion short film featuring Icelandic sheep, clumsy endives and an OB-GYN who talks with the voice of a robot. Sindha uses these creative tools to chronicle her struggle with the side effects of birth control medication, where she was often forced to choose between depression and physical pain.
Sindha is a BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated director & writer working in film & TV. "Birth Control Your Own Adventure" was distributed by THE NEW YORK TIMES. This was Sindha’s first film, which also went viral with 12.5 million organic views and was nominated for a 2019 News & Documentary Emmy. Ya know, no big deal! Most recently, Sindha wrote & directed the BAFTA-winning comedy series “How to Be a Person”, shown on CHANNEL 4 in the UK. Her work as a writer, producer and director has been seen on Netflix, BBC, The New Yorker, Vox, The Atlantic, MTV and more.
- Watch Birth Control Your Own Adventure for free: reprofilm.org/wisp-films-for-thought- Learn more about WISP: hellowisp.com
- Sign up for rePROFilm's Periodical: reprofilm.org
If you haven’t already, subscribe to our monthly newsletter where you will get each episode of the pod straight to your inbox. Learn more at reprofilm.org or at @reprofilm The rePROFilm Podcast is executive produced by mamafilm. Looking forward to bringing you our next conversation!
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