Hysteria
A short, sharp, shock of a documentary detailing treatments for hysteria
in Victorian Britain including clitoridectomy and genital massage. Not for
the faint-hearted!
U.K., 2001, 2 mins, 4:3, Beta SP (PAL & NTSC)/DVD
To buy this film and three others on DVD for £12.50 (incl. UK P&P), please contact sales@alyshawkins.co.uk
Screenings
- Cinewomen, New York, U.S.A. February 2007
Prophecy, Bargate Monument Gallery, Southampton, U.K. August-October 2006
Animex International Festival of Animation, Middlesbrough, U.K. January 2005
Open Studio, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria April 2004
- Bird’s Eye View, National Film Theatre, London (& touring U.K.
including Brief Encounters, Bristol), November 2003
- Krok Animation Festival, Kiev-Sebastopol, September 2003
- Anima Mundi, Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paolo, Brazil, July 2003
- Tricky Women International Animation Festival, Vienna, Austria, March
2003
- Stuttgart Animation Festival, Germany, October 2002
- Shorts! Film Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2002
A film by Alys Hawkins
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