"On one panel show, improbably called 'Leave it to the Women,' four male hosts attack her incessantly. A young Oprah Winfrey appears shocked at the disdain Hite receives from an all-male audience. (One does have to wonder, of course, who approved the all-male audience.) An academic conference at Harvard is interrupted so a young man can smirkingly ask about her student Playboy spread. The media reports on it all; headline after headline mocks, sneers, and undermines.
Newnham, who also premiered the Oscar-nominated 'Crip Camp' at Sundance, structures an absorbing biography without expanding past conventional genre formats. She tells the story chronologically, allowing us to see that as the outcry builds, her subject’s confidence falters. Hite appears to enjoy her renown, partying with other celebrities and becoming one of 'New York’s radical chic.' But she’s also clearly unprepared for the nonstop anger directed towards herself and the work she considers objective, thoughtful and, most of all, essential."
~ Elizabeth Weitzmann
"‘The Disappearance of Shere Hite’ Review: Doc Traces the Work and Woes of a Sexual Revolutionary'"
https://www.thewrap.com/the-disappearance-of-shere-hite-review-documentary-dakota-johnson/
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