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Mental: A History of the Madhouse (2010)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 59M

Director : Chris Boulding

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Tamsin Greig
Tamsin Greig
Narrator
Peter Barham
Peter Barham
Himself
Maggi Chapman
Maggi Chapman
Herself

Crews

Chris Boulding
Chris Boulding
Director
Colin Skinner
Colin Skinner
Cinematography
Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor
Cinematography
Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
Art Direction
Ian Meller
Ian Meller
Editor
Adam Jessel
Adam Jessel
Producer
Richard Touch
Richard Touch
Production Design

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