Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
handwritten on slide, “Dana, Babe and Dutchess" date stamped on slide June 1972


To draw attention to the millions of girls who cannot afford period products, the MENstruation Foundation ran a unique advertisement in three major South African newspapers.
Readers of The Star, The Mercury and Cape Times opened their newspapers this week to find something deeply uncomfortable: period blood stains on the front page, seeping through to the pages beneath — as if the newspaper itself had been used as a sanitary pad.
South African schoolgirls suffering from period poverty are forced to use newspapers, rags, and even cow dung in place of sanitary pads. Here’s a short video of what the ad looks like as you page through the paper, culminating in a full page highlighting the foundation’s free sanitary pad dispensers placed in schools.
Maybe one of the best advertisements I’ve ever seen? (thx, caroline)
Tags: advertising · health · video
Samengevat: ZE moesten hem niet wegens z'n ongebruikelijke gezicht door zenuwschade tijdens z'n geboorte en slepende spraak en stem, maar boden wel $360.000 (gecorrigeerd voor inflatie zo'n $2,2 miljoen!) voor het script dat hij in 3,5 dag schreef. Sylvester leefde met een zwangere vrouw in abjecte armoede en zag zich op een gegeven moment zelfs gedwongen zijn hond voor $40 te verkopen. Maar hij weigerde, en hield vol dat hij de hoofdrol zou spelen. Uiteindelijk kreeg hij een (voor zo'n script miniem) budget van $1 miljoen. Resultaat? De film verdiende in 1976 wereldwijd $225 miljoen (nu $1,2 miljard), 3 Oscars en 10 Oscar-nominaties. Kortom, inderdaad een film waard, en we verwachten Oscarnominaties. Paar docu-achtige video's over de totstandkoming onderstaand.
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