VULVA 3.0 (2014) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Claudia Richarz, Ulrike Zimmermann

It’s hard to imagine such a human and complete approach when dealing with the subject of any kind of genitalia. Yet, Richarz and Zimmermann are completely at ease and successful in their dealings with the vagina in their feature documentary, exposing it as a symbol of female empowerment in all its glory and appeal but also revealing the many ways in which it is physically and metaphorically abused. Airbrushed, deformed, re-styled and abused, it has been constantly mistreated by media but even by humanity as a whole. This is as much true when we see a publicist photoshop his way through an endless number of pictures, when we see a woman on the operating table of a plastic surgeon or when we hear about the unspoken subject of female genitalia. In fact, in many ways, Vulva 3.0 is the most honest, complete and ultimate representational approach at portraying the many aspects of femininity to the eyes of the world.

Documentary, Germany/Canada