Images of the Unconscious
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Images of the Unconscious

1987
Documentary | 01 January 1987
Vanda Lacerda, Ferreira Gullar, Fernando Diniz
In hopes of unraveling the causes and cure for various forms of insanity, a psychiatrist in Brazil created the Museum of Images from the Unconscious in 1952. It gathered paintings and drawings made by mental patients from all over Brazil. Many of the works in the museum are paired with the case-histories of the patients who created them in this fascinating film.
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