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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