Five minutes that'll wreck you and wake you up.
Unable to afford proper menstrual products, Chloe is constantly faced with anxiety and humiliation; this is not the first time this has happened and it won’t be the last. 'Absent' is based on multiple true stories and made in association with Freedom4girls. It aims to raise awareness around period poverty in the UK.
Acting
Imogen King's silent panic is devastating.
Direction
Libby Burke Wilde refuses to look away.
Production
Made with Freedom4girls—activism as cinema.
Director
Libby Burke Wilde
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freedom4girls, the charity partner, started when a Leeds school reported girls skipping class during periods.
The UK didn't legally mandate free period products in schools until 2020—the same year this film released.
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