Women of Virtue

Etel, a 9-year-old girl who lives in the Hassidic community in Paris, gets her period for the first time. Myriam, her mother, finally looks at her as if she were a woman. Etel is blessed, until she finds out that in her religion, women are considered impure when they have their period.
Category: Film Title
Country: United States
Runtime: 13 minutes
Director: Stéphanie Halfon
Genre: Short
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Etel, a 9-year-old girl who lives in the Hassidic community in Paris, gets her period for the first time. Myriam, her mother, finally looks at her as if she were a woman. Etel is blessed, until she finds out that in her religion, women are considered impure when they have their period.
Category: Film Title
Country: United States
Runtime: 13 minutes
Director: Stéphanie Halfon
Genre: Short
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