Documentary / Short / Biography
UK,
2014, 37 min
Plots(1)
Patients committed to Netherne psychiatric hospital between 1946 and 1981 created an extraordinary collection of artworks in a pioneering studio under artist Edward Adamson. Abandoned Goods is a moving portrait of the little-known history of UK postwar asylum life. (Sundance Film Festival)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
- 2015 - Edward Lawrenson, Pia Borg (Short Film Grand Jury Prize)