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Asylum

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Contributed by lisa g nielsen

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Length: 6 min 52 sec

License: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)

Year of Production: 2008

Director:

lisa g nielsen

Producer:

heidi currie and lisa g

Nurse Norma McMurdo recollects working at Riverview Mental Hospital (Coquitlam British Columbia Canada) from 1949-1951. In particular are her compassionate memories of lesbian patients and the understanding that they weren’t actually crazy.

Riverview Hospital and it's 600 acres are currently under heated debate: condo developers have their eyes on the land, but many people want to save it and protect the health care facility and arboretum that it was initially intended to be used for.

Made with help from Project 8.

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