The
premiere of Edinburgh Napier-produced documentary, Bleeding Free, about period
poverty, Scotland's role in challenging it and the importance of access to
period products for all, will take place at 7pm on 20 May.
The
film follows a group of Edinburgh Napier students who design dispensers for
period products. They meet with period campaigners and menstrual health
educators in Scotland and travel to Uganda where inspiring people and projects
demonstrate first-hand the life changing importance of free access to period
products.
The
film was produced by Bleedin Saor, an Edinburgh Napier collective of students
and staff from across the University, with over 50 students lending their
skills and gaining work-based learning experience, coordinated by Lindsay
Morgan, the School of Arts & Creative Industries’ Student Futures
placements coordinator. Business School students played an active part in
coordinating the Bloody Big Brunches which feature in the film.
The
film will be followed by a live Q&A with participants and the filmmaking
team, and you can book your seat at the online premiere here.
Entry
is free and you can make a donation during the premiere, with all proceeds
going to menstrual health organisations in Uganda and Scottish Foodbanks who
provide free menstrual products. Donations can also be made on the Bleeding
Free website.
For
more information on how you can get involved in making periods free for all,
and to reducing the stigma associated with menstruation, visit the Bleeding
Free website.