Basic Info
Release: May 25, 2010
Runtime: 59 min
Rating: ⭐ 4.5/10 (2 votes)
Status: Released
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
2010
59 min
⭐ 4.5/10
2 votes
Overview
Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients, or service users as they are now called, live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful testimonies from patients, nurses and doctors, the film explores this seismic revolution and what it tells us about society's changing attitudes to mental illness over the last sixty years.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Tamsin Greig
Narrator
Peter Barham
Himself
Maggi Chapman
Herself
Crew
Colin Skinner
Cinematography
Chris Boulding
Director
Joe Taylor
Cinematography
Adam Jessel
Producer
Chris Boulding
Writer
Peter Scott
Writer
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