How To Resurrect an Icon of Sexuality and Gender | The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Send us a textWelcome back to the Independent Filmmaker's Guide.In today's episode we dive right into a genre centrally important to so many independent filmmakers, documentary. Hosts James Allerdyce and Matt Mundy get to sit down with acclaimed director and producer Nicole Newnham and her latest film The Disappearance of Shere Hite. We are specifically looking into the techniques and artistry of creating a cohesive and compelling storyline exploring the life of an impactful author-celebrity who in recent years has seemingly just disappeared.Using interviews from fellow activists, friends, romantic partners as well as sifting through thousands of hours of archival footage (spanning Network television, trade magazines, and personal documentation) we homed in on a few of the intentional decisions made by Newnham and her team to bring Shere Hite almost literally back to life in this very cinematic presentation of her and her importance to so many social movements in the latter part of the 20th Century. "Shere Hite's bestselling book The Hite Report liberated female orgasm by revealing the most private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys. Her findings rocked the American establishment and conversations about gender and sexuality." - IMDbIFG is created by Framework Productions, produced and hosted by Steven Pierce, James Allerdyce, and Matt Mundy. The music is by Glass Boy. Find his music on freemusicarchive.org.And be sure to check out our other podcast, HAPPY HOUR FLIX, about all things Nostalgia and Movies we love. Thank you IFG | How Movies Get Made