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10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE

By Tim HINES

Thriller - Completed 2014

Getting in was easy. Getting out was impossible.
The real life experience of Nellie Bly

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Thriller, Historical
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 111 mn
- Director(s)
- Tim HINES
- Writer(s)
- Tim HINES
- Synopsis
- Based on her sensational book, 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE, tells the true story of world renown journalist, Nellie Bly who, at 23 years old, had herself committed to the notorious Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum. Working for Joseph Pulitzer and the World Newspaper, Bly went undercover to expose the atrocities, abuse, rape, and murders that took place in the asylum.
  
  This historical thriller shocks audiences with the brutality of institutionalized violence towards patients. Bly's expose ultimately changed the way the world cares for the mentally ill, by shining a light on these unspoken crimes.