Edith+Eddie

2017

29m

Documentary

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78%

Tomatometer

9 Reviews

71%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. A family feud threatens to disrupt the couple's happiness.

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Jude Dry

indieWire

"Edith+Eddie" boasts executive producers Steve James and Cher, which will no doubt garner some interest, but this basic treatment plays like an expanded news item.

Rated: C+

Feb 23, 2018

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Jordan M. Smith

Nonfics

Edith+Eddie examines the psychic repercussions of familial estrangement to devastating effect.

Dec 5, 2018

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Glenn Dunks

Junkee

I just wish director Laura Checkoway had confronted any of the issues that her documentary raises.

Jun 20, 2018

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

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.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 5, 2018

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Dan Lybarger

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Edith + Eddie is tricky to get through, but it's as engrossing as it is heartbreaking.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 23, 2018

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Arlin Golden

Film Inquiry

Edith+Eddie is powerful portrait of the letter of the law winning out over common sense and the prioritization of capital over people in the US.

Feb 20, 2018

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david f

A great documentary about mature love and elder abuse.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Amazing short documentary. We must do better by our seniors. They still have a voice and rights should still be respected. It was beautiful and heartbreaking all at once.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/18

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Audience Member

Oscar nominated documentary short about the oldest interracial couple.. Starts out as a touching love story about two people that found each other in their nineties and becomes heartbreaking as they are torn apart,

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Laura Checkoway

Director

Eddie Harrison

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Edith Hill

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Cher

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Steve James

Executive Producer

Laura Checkoway

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Synopsis

Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. A family feud threatens to disrupt the couple's happiness.

Director: Laura Checkoway
Producer: Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 20, 2018
Runtime: 29m

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