The Powder Room

Overview

From behind the closed doors of women's washrooms, The Powder Room reveals women sharing intimacies in the privacy of each other's company. Originating from the director's observation that women trade secrets with friends and strangers in public washrooms, this innovative and candid documentary takes us to high school bathrooms, seniors centres' powder roooms, Newfoundland dance halls, New York nightclubs, a sauna in Copenhagen, a Casablanca hamman and country-and-western bars in Texas. In each location, as women are filmed in verité sequences, they confess their joys, their frustrations and their pain about love, sex, relationships with men and friendships with each other.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 22, 1996

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Production

ONF,NFB

Director

Ann Kennard

Producer

Michael Allder

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0119928