The Powder Room

From behind the closed doors of womens washrooms The Powder Room reveals women sharing intimacies in the privacy of each others company Originating from the directors observation that women trade secrets with friends and strangers in public washrooms this innovative and candid documentary takes us to high school bathrooms seniors centres powder roooms Newfoundland dance halls New York nightclubs a sauna in Copenhagen a Casablanca hamman and countryandwestern 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