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Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America

19891h MovieDocumentary

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.

DirectorSarah Mondale
ProducersSarah Mondale·Sarah B. Patton

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Cast · Directed by Sarah Mondale

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Gerald N. Grob
Himself
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David J. Rothman
Himself

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