Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
In the 1940s, psychologist William Moulton Marston, a Harvard scholar who invented the lie detector, faces professional scrutiny for his creation of the controversial Wonder Woman comic book. During a hearing with the Child Study Association, Marston reflects on his life, revealing the unconventional polyamorous relationship he shared with his wife Elizabeth, a brilliant but unacknowledged academic, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became their lover and muse. The film explores how their shared academic interests in psychology, feminism, and BDSM practices, including the DISC theory (Dominance, Inducement, Submission, Compliance), informed the development of Wonder Woman's character, particularly her themes of female empowerment, submission, and bondage, all while they navigated societal judgment and the complexities of their unique domestic arrangement to raise a family and create a lasting cultural icon.