HBODocs Monday Movie: ‘Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson’

HBO_logoPacked in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson uncovers the story of artist Edith Lake Wilkinson, committed to an asylum in 1924 and never heard from again.  We follow the journey of Edith’s great-niece as she pieces together the mystery of Edith’s life and returns her work to Provincetown.

Jane Anderson, a subject of the doc who also serves as executive producer and co-writer,  is an award-winning writer and director for film, theater, and television.  Most recently, she wrote the critically acclaimed HBO mini-series adaptation of the novel “Olive Kitteridge,” starring Frances McDormand. Other work includes: HBO’s “The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom,” for which she received an Emmy, a Penn Award and Writers Guild Award for best teleplay. She wrote and directed “The Baby Dance,” (adapted from her play) which received a Peabody Award, and Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for best writing and made-for-TV film.  She wrote and directed “Normal” for HBO (adapted from her play) which garnered Emmy nominations, Golden Globe nominations and Directors’ Guild and Writers’ Guild nominations for best writing and directing. Her other television films include, “When Billie Beat Bobby” and the first segment of “If These Walls Could Talk II,” which starred Vanessa Redgrave and earned Ms. Anderson an Emmy nomination for best writing.   Screenwriting credits include:  HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU AND THE PRIZEWINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, which she also directed.

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