Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art Of Edith Lake Wilkinson

[Tara Ariano]

Profile of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, whose artwork was hidden away in a trunk for 40 years after she was committed to an asylum in 1925.

 

Premieres Monday, July 20, at 9 PM ET.

[Primetimer]

Art history and family history battle for primacy. Does the viewer win?

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[Kat]

I was curious about this HBO doc. Sounds like it's a good choice for "having on while I wash dishes and make dinner".

[iggysaurus]

Anyone watched this yet? I liked a lot of things about it but found the "psychic medium" near the end a bit hard to swallow.  Really, she wasn't told ANY facts about Edith before the interview, and she had no way to research her? Yet she knew all these very specific details about her life? I am very skeptical that this is even remotely possible. 

[missy jo]

Love documentaries (and thank you SO MUCH for reviewing them, Sarah!), but this sounds like a "pass" for me. The institutionalism aspect would be very compelling but even as an art lover, that part of it doesn't sound as interesting.

[Minnie Finch]

I really tried...I was an art major eons ago and I'll watch even the driest documentary, so I thought this would be right up my alley. I could just not get past the narrator's strident voice!

[Morbs]

For real.  I just picked up so many "this woman is completely annoying" vibes from the director I stopped watching before a psychic was involved, so I am glad I spared myself that bullshit.

[Sarah D. Bunting]

@missy, you're very welcome! And those of you who skipped/bailed, I can't really argue with you.

[CherryMalotte]

It's too bad because I enjoyed the art actually, and the story behind the art, but I didn't much care for the film maker.