Help me find a lost film I saw online

April 7, 2007 2:56 PM

Looking for a video I saw online a while ago - an educational film made to teach mentally retarded girls about menstruation.

It looks like it was made in the late 60's, early 70's. It was very calm and repetitive and a little bit eerie, but sweet and gentle at the same time. The whole family talks to the young girl about what menstruation will be like and her older sister demonstrates how to use pads.

posted by cilantro to media & arts (7 comments total)

I hate myself for knowing about this (I blame a friend in high school), but if I recall correctly, it was called "Sex Ed for Trainables" or something along those lines.
posted by olinerd at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2007

I think this is it.

(I did a google search for retarded +menstruation +video & this was one of the links on the first site in the results.
posted by belladonna at 3:11 PM on April 7, 2007 [1 favorite]

Oh, belladonna, I think you were right. I think the other one I had on there was the other short/PSA on the video this friend had.

Again with the hating myself...
posted by olinerd at 3:13 PM on April 7, 2007

According to google video it's called All Women Have Periods.

Supposedly it's from 1979.
posted by needs more cowbell at 3:15 PM on April 7, 2007

See also "Trainables".
posted by cortex at 3:37 PM on April 7, 2007

If it is in fact All Women Have Periods, as needs more cowbell suggested, then there was (I believe) a MeFi thread about it. I can't be completely sure because the link in the post is dead now but the quotes in the comments lead me to think it is the same short film.
posted by LeeJay at 2:48 AM on April 8, 2007

It sure looks older than 1979, though.
posted by litlnemo at 5:29 AM on April 8, 2007