The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Chris HegedusDirector
- D. A. PennebakerDirector
Cast
- Norman MailerHimself
- Jacqueline CeballosHerself
- Germaine GreerHerself
- Jill JohnstonHerself
- Diane TrillingHerself
- Susan SontagHerself (uncredited)
- Betty FriedanHerself (uncredited)
- Elizabeth HardwickHerself (uncredited)
- Cynthia OzickHerself (uncredited)
- Anatole BroyardSelf (uncredited)
- Gregory CorsoSelf (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
new york cityfeminismdebatewoman director