Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution - Trailer

Kings Park: Stories from an American Mental Institution - a feature documentary

On June 21, 1967, at the age of seventeen, Lucy Winer was committed to the female violent ward of Kings Park State Hospital following a series of failed suicide attempts. Over thirty years later, now a veteran documentary filmmaker, Lucy returns to Kings Park for the first time since her discharge. Her journey back sparks a decade-long odyssey to confront her past and learn the story of the now abandoned institution that once held her captive. Her meetings with other former patients, their families, and the hospital staff reveal the painful legacy of our state hospital system and the crisis left by its demise.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• documentary
• mental health
• mental illness
• stigma
• Kings Park