Jones is featured in “Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation,” which will screen at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this week.
recalls the physical and emotional anguish he experienced as a transgender teen when he began menstruating.
“I had my first period when I was about 15 [and] hated it,” Jones, now 25, says in the clip. “I could bind down my chest so I didn’t really have to worry about that. No one would be looking at my downstairs, but I couldn’t stop what my period was doing to me.”about the barriers many people encounter in trying to access menstrual hygiene products.
Diva International, a Canadian feminine hygiene company, approached Snow with the idea of making a documentary about the menstrual movement in 2018. Production took the Toronto-based filmmaker to Africa, where she interviewed Kenyan girls who skip school while on their period because they can’t afford menstrual hygiene products. In the United States, she spoke with women who said they were barred from obtaining tampons and pads while they were incarcerated.
“My mission was to paint a global picture of the issue,” Snow, whose previous films include the History Channel’s “,” told HuffPost. “I had never really considered the inequities and injustices experienced by so many people who are affected by this natural bodily function.” With regard to Jones’ testimony in particular, she added, “I was surprised to hear from Kenny that he still experiences menstrual pain despite the hormones he is on. I doubt many people have stopped to think about the psychological effects of that for trans people.”
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