Norman Mailer

With crackling immediacy, D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus captured a singular cultural moment in 1970s New York City: a rowdy battle of ideas about women’s liberation between Norman Mailer and a panel of prominent female thinkers and activists. Heady, heated, and hilarious, this documentary is a dazzling display of feminist firepower featuring some of the most influential figures of the era.

Explore the rollercoaster life of America’s most controversial and bestselling author of the 20th Century, Norman Mailer: prophet, hedonist, outlaw.

A provocateur, a rebel, a performer and notorious anarchist, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. Containing never-seen-before material, this shocking documentary goes beyond the Mailer of the bookshelves and bestseller lists to reveal the social critic, filmmaker, family man and lover, giving a rare and unique insight into an intellectual man and villainous hero.

In 1955, Tobias Schneebaum studied the natives of the Peruvian Amazon. In 1999, he returned to visit the cannibals he lived with many years before. This amazing documentary follows his emotional reunion with the Asmat people.

There are thousands of photographs of Marilyn Monroe in existence, from Hollywood stills to candid pictures snapped on the streets of New York. Many of the best-known were taken by the definitive photographers of our time. Their work is brought to life in Marilyn Monroe: Still Life.