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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 centers' 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.
1996, 49 min 34 s
Awards
Director's Citation Award
Black Maria Film and Video Festival
January 1 1998, Jersey City - USA
Honorable Mention
International Film and Video Festival
October 21 to 23 1997, Columbus - USA
Certificate of Merit
Long Island Film Festival
July 18 to August 3 1997, Hauppauge - USA
Bronze Apple Award
National Educational Media Network Competition
May 1 1997, Oakland - USA
