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Edith+Eddie is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Laura Checkoway and produced by Thomas Lee Wright. It was distributed by Kartemquin Films. When singer and entertainer Cher learned about the couple from a local news story, she offered to pay for repairs to the couple's home as well as Edith's medical bills.
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart. Director: Laura Checkoway
Feb 27, 2018 · — -- When Laura Checkoway caught a bus down to Virginia from New York City to check out the story of Edith Hill and Eddie Harrison, whose picture was being circulated online as "America's oldest interracial couple," she had no idea it would lead her on the road to her first Oscar nomination.
- Luchina Fisher
- 5 min
Heartbreaking and enraging. Checkoway's approach is intimate, giving space for emotions such as rage and grief and loneliness to play out in a way that brings us inside the pain. Full Review |...
Edith + Eddie is a love story, a tragedy, a call to action to bring the issue of senior abuse and neglect to greater attention. Even with her mild dementia, Miss Edith was sharper than Patricia or Jessica Nielsen. "Love is one of the best things," she told her husband. "Love everybody, treat everybody right".
Edith+Eddie is shot, paced, and edited like an episode of Law and Order. A pretty bland one, at that. While the film successfully manages to manipulate the viewers emotions to get you to feel quite bad for the titular couple and to vilify their legal guardian; it fails at telling a complete story.
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Mar 20, 2018 · by William Engel Nominated for an Academy Award®, Edith+Eddie is a film by Laura Checkoway (LUCKY) is a devastating film about the country’s oldest interracial newlyweds Edith + Eddie provides us with an unflinching look at the disrespect and condescension with which we treat the elderly, forcing them to relinquish their lives to third…