18 Oct 2018
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy
Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in Crownsville, MD.
50 anni di CLU
It's December 16, 1972, 50 years ago. The first social cooperative in the world is born in Trieste. It was formed by 28 people: two sociologists, two psychologists, five nurses, a healthcare assistant, two doctors and sixteen private individuals who all have the same residential address: via San Cilino 16, Trieste. They are interned in a psychiatric hospital and therefore have no civil and political rights: they cannot vote, marry or make a will. Imagine founding a cooperative. Thus the Court of Trieste rejected the request to establish the cooperative. It would have been a long march through the institutions.
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Ivan Brajnik Self
Giovanna Del Giudice Self
Roberto Colapietro Self
Franco Rotelli Self
Augusto Debernardi Self
Michele Zanetti Self
Gigi Bettoli Self
Galina Oprea Self
Franco Basaglia Self (archival)
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