
PACKED IN A TRUNK is the story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again. All her worldly possessions were packed into trunks and shipped to a relative in West Virginia where they sat in an attic for 40 years. Edith's great-niece, Emmy Award winning writer and director Jane Anderson, grew up surrounded by Edith's paintings, thanks to her mother who had gone poking through that dusty attic and rescued Edith's work. The film follo... (Full plot summary below)
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PACKED IN A TRUNK is the story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again. All her worldly possessions were packed into trunks and shipped to a relative in West Virginia where they sat in an attic for 40 years. Edith's great-niece, Emmy Award winning writer and director Jane Anderson, grew up surrounded by Edith's paintings, thanks to her mother who had gone poking through that dusty attic and rescued Edith's work. The film follows Jane in her decades-long journey to find the answers to the mystery of Edith's buried life, return the work to Provincetown and have Edith's contributions recognized by the larger art world.
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| User ReviewTommy VInteresting look at an early 20th century lesbian Provincetown artist whose life and career were ripped from her by being committed. The movie however seems to flounder when it comes to the history of this woman relying on a psychic medium rather than sticking to facts and evidence. Additionally, at times it feels like an attempt to elevate the value of said artwork or to place Edith into an enshrined position in the art world that may or may not be deserved. |
| User ReviewNiki GFalls into the frequent problem of the director being too in love with the subject to edit it. |