Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America
1989, English. Directed by Sarah Mondale.
The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Who directed Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America?
Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America (1989) was directed by Sarah Mondale and stars Gerald N. Grob, David J. Rothman.