Town Bloody Hall (1979)
April 3, 1979Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Norman Mailer
Self
Germaine Greer
Self
Diane Trilling
Self
Jacqueline Ceballos
Self
Jill Johnston
Self
Susan Sontag
Herself (uncredited)
Gregory Corso
Self
Betty Friedan
Self (author)
Elizabeth Hardwick
Self (critic)
Kathy Desmond
Sound
Chris Hegedus
Director
Mark Woodcock
Director of Photography
Mary Lampson
Sound
D. A. Pennebaker
Director
Shirley Broughton
Associate Producer
Lorry Newhouse
Assistant Editor
Robert Van Dyke
Sound
Charles Stevenson
Assistant Editor
Kate Taylor
Sound
Jim Desmond
Director of Photography
Nick Doob
Cinematographer
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Town Bloody Hall is a 1979 documentary film of a panel debate between feminist advocates and activist Norman Mailer. Filmed on April 30, 1971, in The Town Hall in New York City. Town Bloody Hall features a panel of feminist advocates for the women's liberation movement and Norman Mailer, author of The Prisoner of Sex (1971). Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker produced the film, which stars Jacqueline Ceballos, Germaine Greer, Jill Johnston, Diana Trilling, and Norman Mailer. The footage of the panel was recorded and released as a documentary in 1979. Produced by Shirley Broughton, the event was originally filmed by Pennebaker. The footage was then filed and rendered unusable. Hegedus met Pennebaker a few years later, and the two edited the final version of the film for its release in 1979. Pennebaker described his filming style as one that exists without labels, in order to let the viewer come to a conclusion about the material, which inspired the nature of the Town Bloody Hall documentary. The recording of the debate was intended to ensure the unbiased documentation, allowing it to become a concrete moment in feminist history.