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

Packed In A Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson (2015)

July 20th, 20151h 17min

Documentary
76%

Overview

The story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, a painter who was 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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Sunflowers

Sunflowers


Released on: 2021-06-08
Documentary

Working closely with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Sunflowers goes beyond a ‘virtual exhibition’...

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story


Released on: 2006-12-16
Documentary

Art Critic Waldemar Januzczak presents this documentary which details french artist Toulouse-Lautrec...

Four Women of Egypt

Four Women of Egypt


Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary

Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one an...

A Haunting History

A Haunting History


Released on: 2016-04-07
Documentary, History

Haunted by his violent past, the ambitious lawyer Anuol returns to his homeland, South Sudan, commit...

The Impossible Map

The Impossible Map


Released on: 1947-01-01
Animation, Documentary

Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make...

Soft and Hard

Soft and Hard


Released on: 1985-08-12
Documentary, TV Movie

Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville talk about their films, while doing everyday tasks around th...

A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life


Released on: 2013-08-28
Documentary

Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconven...

Finding Yingying

Finding Yingying


Released on: 2020-03-13
Documentary

Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student, comes to the U.S. to study. In her detailed and beaut...

Research and Crime: the Reich University of Strasbourg

Research and Crime: the Reich University of Strasbourg


Released on: 2018-06-05
Documentary, TV Movie

Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project clos...

Eva Hesse

Eva Hesse


Released on: 2016-04-27
Documentary

German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in...

Rose Street

Rose Street


Released on: 1956-01-01
Documentary

The minutiae of daily life on Edinburgh's Rose Street in the fifties is presented in this impression...

David Hockney: Time Reclaimed

David Hockney: Time Reclaimed


Released on: 2017-07-16
Documentary

He is a major figure in the pop art movement; one of the most popular and influential artists of his...

Pyongyang Diaries

Pyongyang Diaries


Released on: 1998-02-18
Documentary

This documentary records Hoaas' personal encounter with the closed society of North Korea. As with h...

Circus Without Borders

Circus Without Borders


Released on: 2015-09-07
Documentary

Circus Without Borders tells the inspiring story of two youth circuses from remote corners of the wo...

A Normal Daughter: The Life and Times of Kewpie of District Six

A Normal Daughter: The Life and Times of Kewpie of District Six


Released on: 2000-05-01
Documentary

Before South Africa’s apartheid government in the 1970’s destroyed District Six, being gay, or “moff...

We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân

We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân


Released on: 2011-01-10
Documentary

A documentary about the efforts taken to revitalize the Wampanoag language, which almost died out.

Orquil Burn

Orquil Burn


Released on: 1955-01-01
Documentary

Starting from its source, this film tells the story of the Orquil Burn, Orkney.

Red Persimmons

Red Persimmons


Released on: 2001-10-25
Documentary

The ostensible subject of this film is the growing, drying, peeling and packaging of persimmons in t...

Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet

Cézanne: Conversation with Joachim Gasquet


Released on: 1990-04-04
Documentary

A landmark work of symbolistic imagery. The words that the filmmakers speak offscreen are imaginary ...

Cuba: An African Odyssey

Cuba: An African Odyssey


Released on: 2007-10-04
Documentary

Documentary about Cuban's involvement in African politics.