Events / New York

The House of the Negro Insane

59E59 Theaters
Wednesday, August 19, 2026•7:15 PM
The year is 1935. For years, Attius has lived behind the imposing walls of Central State Hospital – one of only seven US psychiatric institutions built to house "insane and idiotic negroes" – where the homeless and destitute are confined alongside the diseased and the criminally insane. Attius has carved out a meager existence within the hospital building coffins, quietly crafting the final boxes for those who will never see freedom again.
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