Town Bloody Hall

Directed by Chris Hegedus, D. A. Pennebaker

Written by Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Norman Mailer, Diane Trilling

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.

Cast

Norman Mailer

Himself

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Jacqueline Ceballos

Herself

Germaine Greer

Herself

Jill Johnston

Herself

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Diane Trilling

Herself

Susan Sontag

Herself (uncredited)

Betty Friedan

Herself (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Hardwick

Herself (uncredited)

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Cynthia Ozick

Herself (uncredited)

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Anatole Broyard

Self (uncredited)

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Gregory Corso

Self (uncredited)