Lisa G. Nielsen (Director)
Heidi Currie (Film producer)
Norma McMurdo (Interviewee)

2008

Lisa G. Nielsen

New Westminster, British Columbia

An interview with nurse Norma McMurdo, who reflects on her time working at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, B.C. from 1949 to 1951. Includes compassionate memories of lesbian patients who were not mentally ill. Part One of the Riverview Hospital Project.

documentary film

videorecording

7 minutes

Director, camera, editor, Lisa G. Nielsen. Co-producer and interviewer, Heidi Currie. Interviewee and voice of Norma McMurdo.

Essondale Asylum (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Riverview Hospital (Coquitlam, B.C.)
Psychiatric nurses--British Columbia--Interviews
Psychiatric hospitals--British Columbia--Coquitlam--History
Mental health facitilities--British Columbia--Coquitlam--History
Riverview Hospital Story Project

Coquitlam, British Columbia

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