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Edith+Eddie

2017 · 30 min Documentary
7.3 / 10 · TMDB

Edith, 96, and Eddie, 95, hold the title of America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their tender, late-life romance, filled with shared songs and gentle companionship, blossoms as a profound testament to love's endurance. Yet, this idyllic bubble is punctured by a simmering family dispute. A daughter's petition triggers the cold machinery of the legal guardianship system, a mechanism designed for protection that instead becomes a weapon of separation, threatening to tear the couple apart in their final years.

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Year 2017
Country United States of America
Genre Documentary
Director Laura Checkoway
Runtime 30 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.3/10 (17 votes)

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Edith+Eddie transcends its subject to become a searing indictment of a broken system. The film masterfully contrasts the warmth of human connection with the chilling impersonality of legal proceedings, making its emotional impact devastating.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of injustice and a crucial question about who controls the narrative of our own lives in old age. It's a necessary, heart-wrenching watch. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Laura Checkoway

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Intimate yet unsettling; a love story shadowed by legal paperwork.

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