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Summary 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?

Directed By: Nicole Newnham

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  • 2023
  • R
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2023
  • R
  • 1 h 58 m
The Disappearance of Shere Hite
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Summary 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?

Directed By: Nicole Newnham

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100
Nov 29, 2023
As regrettable as Hite's fate was, The Disappearance of Shere Hite goes a long way toward rectifying the wrongs done to her, whether in the name of erasure, ridicule, or willful misunderstanding.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
100
Jan 30, 2023
The Disappearance of Shere Hite is an astonishing, beautifully made corrective to the cultural amnesia that has for decades surrounded Hite, the author of “The Hite Report,” a landmark 1976 survey on female sexuality, that is apparently still ranked the 30th best-selling book in history.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
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Jan 28, 2023
The Disappearance of Shere Hite, in its thoughtful compilations and equally important talking heads, should be required viewing for every self-described feminist as we strive for a more sexually-inclusive world. Without it, Hite's hopes for a truly equal world might have been for nothing.
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80
Nov 16, 2023
Nicole Newnham’s film recoups Hite’s story from the margins of feminist history with both style and substance, taking its cue from its subject.
By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 28, 2023
It persuasively makes the case that Hite, who argued that most women cannot orgasm from penetrative intercourse alone, deserves renewed recognition as a feminist trailblazer, particularly in the still-fraught arena of sexual politics, self-knowledge and liberation.
By Adrian Horton FULL REVIEW
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Nov 14, 2023
With its determination to retrace the largely forgotten steps of a feminist trailblazer, The Disappearance of Shere Hite is an essential work of archival savvy, blending popular and academic conversations with ease and precision.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 30, 2023
The issue, we come to realize, isn’t that Hite disappeared — it’s that she was erased.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company NBC News Studios, Sony Pictures Television, TeaTime Pictures, This Machine
Release Date Nov 17, 2023
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 3 Nominations
Nantucket Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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