Speaking after receiving her Pioneer of the Year honour from the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation earlier this week, Banks talked about a scene involving tampons. She also explained the importance of being able to talk about tampons on the stage she was standing on.

“I didn’t start directing movies because I think I am the greatest director in the world. I did it because I had something I want to say,” she said, accepting the award that has never been won by a woman before.

“I want to change the world, and so in thinking about my status, bestowed just now by three Angels, as an industry ‘pioneer’, I wanted to say something tonight that has never been said on this stage, at this forum. I wanted to do what is a staple of my work.”

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