The porno that got Nixon's panties in a twist—and changed America forever.
Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a controlling husband, was released in 1972 and divided audiences, who began to talk openly about sex, desire and female pleasure; but also about violence and abuse; and about pornography, until then an almost clandestine industry, as a revolutionary cultural phenomenon.
Writing
Sharp context connecting 1972 to #MeToo.
Production
Rare archival footage of mob-tied premiere.
Director
Agnès Poirier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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