On the evening of April 30, 1971, a standing room only audience of local literati and feminists packed New York City’s Town Hall to watch Norman Mailer, who had just written “The Prisoner of Sex,” grapple with a panel of passionate feminists. The subject was Women’s Liberation, an issue on which Mailer seemed like the devil’s own advocate.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pennebaker Hegedus Films, Theatre for Ideas
Keywords
- new york city
- feminism
- debate
- woman director
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Top Cast
Norman Mailer as Himself
Jacqueline Ceballos as Herself
Germaine Greer as Herself
Jill Johnston as Herself
Diane Trilling as Herself
Susan Sontag as Herself (uncredited)
Betty Friedan as Herself (uncredited)
Elizabeth Hardwick as Herself (uncredited)
Top Crew
D. A. Pennebaker · Director, Cinematographer
Chris Hegedus · Director, Editor
Germaine Greer · Book
Jill Johnston · Book
Mark Woodcock · Cinematographer
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