IFC Films, Sapan Studios Acquire ‘The Disappearance Of Shere Hite,’ Doc On Celebrated Sex Researcher Who Was Attacked By Conservative Critics
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films and Sapan Studios today announced they have acquired North American rights to The Disappearance of Shere Hite, a feature documentary on the famed sex researcher whose pioneering study of women’s sexuality sold millions but triggered a ferocious backlash.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nicole Newnham (Crip Camp) directed the documentary, which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival.
Actress Dakota Johnson, who serves an executive producer, voices Hite’s writings in the film. The Disappearance of Shere Hite is produced by Sony Pictures Television – Nonfiction, NBC News Studios, This Machine (a part of Sony Pictures Television), and TeaTime Pictures. “The Hite Report, a groundbreaking study of the intimate experiences of women, remains one of the bestselling books of all time since its publication in 1976,” notes a release about the documentary. “Drawn from anonymous survey responses, the book challenged restrictive conceptions of sex and opened a dialogue in popular culture around women’s pleasure.
Its charismatic author, Shere Hite, a feminist sex researcher and former model, became the public messenger of women’s secret confessions.
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