- Title: The Real Linda Lovelace
- Date: 26th September 2002
- Summary: Linda Lovelace,who died earlier this year as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash,became the iconic symbol of the porn industry in the early seventies and one of the most famous women in the world with the release of the groundbreaking film Deep Throat . However,behind her public,sexually liberated,image lay a different tale and in the eighties,disturbing stories of physical,psychological and emotional abuse came to light involving her former husband,Chuck Traynor. The woman who had acted as a spokesperson for the porn industry denounced her former role,becoming a born-again Christian,an ardent feminist and a dedicated anti-pornography campaigner. Written and narrated by critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode,The Real Linda Lovelace features interviews with friends and collaborators and a rare and candid interview with Traynor before his sudden death from a heart attack,as well as contributions from feminist campaigners Andrea Dworkin and Catherine McKinnon. The documentary examines the extraordinary and contradictory life of this notorious actress and the historical and social context that saw a film such as Deep Throat come to play in mainstream cinemas as a date movie and become the subject of dinner party conversation.
- Description:Documentary examining the life of Linda Lovelace,star of the notorious film DEEP THROAT,who later became an anti-pornography activist.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Nobles Gate Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:26/09/2002
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s