‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ World Premiere At Sundance 2023
By Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten
December 7, 2022
Sundance Film Festival Lineup Set With Ukraine War, Little Richard, Michael J. Fox, Judy Blume Docs; Pics With Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jonathan Majors; More
Back to in-person attendance for the first time since 2020, the Sundance Film Festival is leaning into its independent roots with a timely 2023 lineup that examines the Russian invasion of Ukraine, conflict in Iran and the dangers of technology, and includes documentaries on author Judy Blume, Michael J, Fox, Brooke Shields and the Emperor of Rock ’n’ Roll himself, Little Richard.
Running from January 19-29 in and around Park City, the Robert Redford-created shindig today unveiled 101 feature films in the U.S. and World Dramatic and Documentary competition categories as well as Premieres, Next, Midnight, New Frontier, Spotlight and Kids selections. That’s up from last year’s 84 feature titles and a nod to the evolution of festival attendance due to the Covid pandemic, and off of a record number of 15,855 submissions comprised of 4,061 feature-length films. Of the 4,061 feature film submissions, 1,662 were from the U.S., and 2,399 were international.
U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
The Disappearance of Shere Hite / U.S.A. (Director and Producer: Nicole Newnham, Producers: Molly O’Brien, R.J. Cutler, Elise Pearlstein, Kimberley Ferdinando, Trevor Smith) — 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? World Premiere. Available online.
