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Feature film — 1979

Town Bloody Hall (1979)

5.81h 28mDocumentary

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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A high-signal pick with 13 votes.

Pennebaker Hegedus Films / Theatre for Ideas

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Director: Chris Hegedus

On screen

Cast & crew

Norman Mailer as Himself

Norman Mailer

Himself

J

Jacqueline Ceballos

Herself

Germaine Greer as Herself

Germaine Greer

Herself

Jill Johnston as Herself

Jill Johnston

Herself

D

Diane Trilling

Herself

Susan Sontag as Herself (uncredited)

Susan Sontag

Herself (uncredited)

Betty Friedan as Herself (uncredited)

Betty Friedan

Herself (uncredited)

E

Elizabeth Hardwick

Herself (uncredited)

C

Cynthia Ozick

Herself (uncredited)

A

Anatole Broyard

Self (uncredited)

G

Gregory Corso

Self (uncredited)

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