Period Piece
2004, 8 minutes, color, digital. Dir. Lisa Hammer
"Every 4 weeks, for 3 or 4 days, blood from inside a woman's body
comes outside from an opening between her legs" - Mom, Dad, Suzy
Cast:
Debbie Diamond as Suzy
Lisa Hammer as Jill the little girl
Levi Wilson as the Dad
Señorita Perdita as the Mom
Simon Diamond as himself
"Blue, white. Blue, white. Look it is blue on one side
and white on the other." - Jill
comes outside from an opening between her legs" - Mom, Dad, Suzy
Cast:
Debbie Diamond as Suzy
Lisa Hammer as Jill the little girl
Levi Wilson as the Dad
Señorita Perdita as the Mom
Simon Diamond as himself
"Blue, white. Blue, white. Look it is blue on one side
and white on the other." - Jill
An adolescent girl's family teaches her about her period. A loving satire from a 1975 sex education film for "trainables."
The advent of modern psychology brought to us the phenomenon of videos for "trainables." During the 1970s, the term "trainables" was used to describe those individuals with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities who, with proper training, might be able to achieve some form of self-sufficiency. Educational agencies created instructional videos
based on showing repeated actions with the goal of teacher viewers how to perform basic tasks.
Using the original dialogue tracks and adding dramatic music, Lisa Hammer presents a lovingly and satirically remade video of an adolescent with Down Syndrome
who is guided by her open and non-judgmental family through the rituals of monthly female hygienic maintenance.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE ORIGINAL FILMSTRIP IS SO CREEPY (AND MOST LIKELY SHOT BY A PORN TEAM ON THEIR OFF HOURS) THAT IT INSPIRED THIS DECONSTRUCTION.
The advent of modern psychology brought to us the phenomenon of videos for "trainables." During the 1970s, the term "trainables" was used to describe those individuals with mild-to-moderate intellectual disabilities who, with proper training, might be able to achieve some form of self-sufficiency. Educational agencies created instructional videos
based on showing repeated actions with the goal of teacher viewers how to perform basic tasks.
Using the original dialogue tracks and adding dramatic music, Lisa Hammer presents a lovingly and satirically remade video of an adolescent with Down Syndrome
who is guided by her open and non-judgmental family through the rituals of monthly female hygienic maintenance.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE ORIGINAL FILMSTRIP IS SO CREEPY (AND MOST LIKELY SHOT BY A PORN TEAM ON THEIR OFF HOURS) THAT IT INSPIRED THIS DECONSTRUCTION.
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