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Town Bloody Hall

5.819791h 28mMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorsD. A. Pennebaker·Chris Hegedus
ProducerD. A. Pennebaker

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Cast · Directed by D. A. Pennebaker

NMNorman Mailer
Norman Mailer
Himself
JC
Jacqueline Ceballos
Herself
GGGermaine Greer
Germaine Greer
Herself
JJJill Johnston
Jill Johnston
Herself
DT
Diane Trilling
Herself
SSSusan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Herself (uncredited)
BFBetty Friedan
Betty Friedan
Herself (uncredited)
EH
Elizabeth Hardwick
Herself (uncredited)
CO
Cynthia Ozick
Herself (uncredited)
AB
Anatole Broyard
Self (uncredited)
GC
Gregory Corso
Self (uncredited)

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