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May 09, 2003

Premiere of Documentary: The Building of a Sanctuary

Please join us for the documentary premiere of The Building of a Sanctuary on June 2, 2003 at the Conference Center at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital at 7:30 P.M. Tickets are $25 and include a dessert reception following the film. Reservations are suggested. Please call 410-832-1776 for more information.

The Building of a Sanctuary, depicts how place — landscape and architecture — can support and enhance the psychiatric principles of moral treatment and contribute to the alleviation of mental health suffering. Permeated with a strong message on the importance of the natural and built environment, the film will highlight the historical contributions of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, where the original landscaping and architecture was deliberately created to promote a compassionate philosophy of care.

In 1891, the design, construction and opening of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital heralded an unprecedented collaboration between a physician (D. Tilden Brown) and architect (Calvert Vaux), which has served as a model in health care for over a hundred years. Featured in the film are interviews with former patients, architects, historians, art historians, and other hospital staff.

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