THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE

Co-presented with the Boston Women’s Film Festival, the Independent Film Festival Boston, GlobeDocs and the Salem Film Festival

Directed by Nicole Newnham, documentary, English, United States, 118 minutes, 2023

Shere Hite’s 1976 bestselling book, The Hite Report, liberated the female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous survey respondents. Her findings rocked the American establishment and presaged current conversations about gender, sexuality, and bodily autonomy. So how did Shere Hite disappear? Discussion with director Nicole Newnham to follow. Q, GD, SJ [CC, AD]