Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Michelle Boyaner
Written : Jane Anderson Michelle Boyaner
Stars : Jane Anderson Tess Ayers James R. Bakker Stephen Borkowski
Genres : Drama Documentary
Release date : Jan 1, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site Official Site
Language : English
Production companies : Greenie Films Little Mama
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama Documentary
Release date : Jan 1, 2015
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Official site Official Site
Language : English
Production companies : Greenie Films Little Mama
