'Can I Please Go to the Bathroom' is a short film that explores some of the health-related issues young girls face in schools in South Africa.
Screenings:
Encounters Documentary Film Festival, 2017 - WINNER - EYE Youth Jury Award
Shnit International Film Festival, 2017
Sundance Ignite Adobe Project 1324 Finalist, 2016
This film was created as part of a research initiative for Rock Girls (SA) in collaboration with FEMME (Freedom of Education Motivates Empowerment); Western Cape Education Department and the Centre for Film and Media Studies at UCT.
Credits:
Directed by Jessie Zinn
Produced by Chase Musslewhite & Jessie Zinn
Executive Producer Liani Maasdorp (UCT)
Animated and edited by Matthew Reeler
Cardboard cutouts and illustrations by Maya LeMaitre