Not Normal Synopsis
A woman struggles to survive her painful periods long enough to find answers for her strange symptoms. She discovers a new normal as she fights to receive a diagnosis, find accurate information, and seek effective treatment for endometriosis.
Not Normal is an autobiographical film. It explores the implications of period taboos and dismissing a woman’s pain for the 1 in 10 people assigned female at birth living with endometriosis. The film calls for a future where each body receives access to equitable care.
About the Filmmakers
Allison (she / her) is an organizer and artist who translates interdisciplinary ideas with films. She composes fragments of mixed media, centered in the ethos of DIY and ecofeminism, to explore modalities of knowledge sharing. She is a co-founder of an international art collective Endo Violence and a co-editor of Endo Violence Magazyn.
@endometriosishealthnetwork @endo.violence.collective www.endoviolence.com
Allison’s film about gendered medical equity and endometriosis visibility ‘Not Normal’ combines first person narration, iPhone recordings, paintings, and archive images to form 213 collages.
Allison Directed the Earth Ethics Institute, co-founded the Environmental Health Network, and Chaired on the Climate Change Commission. She is certified in climate change and health communications from Yale and in Sustainable Development through University of Cambridge. She is from Miami, FL where she organized access to clean water for her community with Erin Brochovich on the land of the Miccosukee and Seminole peoples.
More From the Filmmakers
“Believe people when they speak about pain and periods. Speak to a friend about endometriosis. Write a letter to American College of Gynecology asking them to update the definition of endometriosis and to support access to excision surgery.”
