Town Bloody Hall

Overview

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.

Directed by D. A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Top cast

Norman Mailer

Himself

J

Jacqueline Ceballos

Herself

Germaine Greer

Herself

Jill Johnston

Herself

D

Diane Trilling

Herself

Susan Sontag

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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