Private Project

Bleeding Stories

Bleeding Stories is an animated documentary that explores the experience of menstruation through diverse perspectives, reflecting on how it affects and interconnects all aspects of our lives. The project conducted workshops with different groups, where performances, drawings, songs, and stop-motion animations were created. The experiences and ideas we see in the documentary emerge from these creative and safe spaces governed by care, where women and menstruating individuals came together to share. From a community art and intersectional feminism perspective, Bleeding Stories addresses themes such as the menstruating body, emotions, taboos, privilege, and empowerment. It offers a deep and moving view of a common yet frequently silenced experience, highlighting the diversity and complexity of these experiences.

  • Susana Vásquez Torres
    Director
  • Susana Vásquez Torres
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English, German, Spanish
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • EQUIS
    Quito
    Ecuador
    November 13, 2024
Director Biography - Susana Vásquez Torres

Susana Vásquez Torres (Lima 1990) Interdisciplinary feminist artist whose work encompasses performance, screen printing, book art and documentary animation. Graduated in Fine Arts by the National School of Fine Arts of Peru and Master in Art in Context by the UdK of Berlin. From political activism and feminist struggle she has developed projects that seek to question and denounce the prevalence of violence in patriarchal societies in which we live as well as generate spaces for empowerment and exchange. Among them, the projects The Wounded Hours (2016-2018) and Bleeding Stories (2019-2024) stand out.

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Director Statement

Bleeding Stories Statement

Menstruation is the blood that comes out of our wombs and resonates in every corner of our lives.
Menstruation is diverse, unique and collective. It encompasses a wide and valuable variety of experiences and feelings.
We are bleeding and our blood comes in a multiple range of reds, cycles and bodies.

Let's keep bleeding
Let's keep fighting