Edith + Eddie

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Movie
Original title Edith + Eddie
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2017
length 29 minutes
Rod
Director Laura Checkoway
production Laura Checkoway,
Thomas Lee Wright
music P. Corwin Lamm
cut Laura Checkoway,
P. Corwin Lamm

Edith + Eddie is an American documentary from the year 2017 by filmmaker Laura Checkoway and produced by Thomas Lee Wright . Cher was instrumental in making the film .

The film was nominated for the Best Documentary Short Film category at the 2018 Academy Awards.

background

According to Checkoway, the film was originally intended to be a heartwarming love story about America's oldest cross-cultural newlywed couple, aged 96 and 95, who got married after being together for ten years. However, the story took a turn when the happy couple were forcibly separated by a court order that forced Edith to live in Florida with their daughter.

When singer and entertainer Cher , who would later co-produce the film, saw a report on the news about the couple's plight, she was very moved and wanted to know how she could help. “I called my lawyer and said, 'Work your way in here and work on it,' because I didn't want this couple to get separated. They were too fabulous and I just didn't want to see anything bad happen to them. I wanted to have their house retrofitted so they could stay there, which in reality would have meant some repairs and a full downstairs bathroom. Then things started to change. Suddenly they had to renovate the entire house. It was in the hundreds of thousands of dollars now. And then, while we were making plans, one evening [Hill's guardian] came with the police and dragged them out of the house. "

She got in touch with the family and hired a lawyer to represent Edith and Rebecca Wright, one of their three daughters, in order to grant Edith's wish to stay at their home.

“I took care of my grandmothers, I took care of my mother. It's very expensive and thank God I can afford it. But my two grandmothers said to me, 'Never put me in a home.' Then my grandmother put my grandfather in a home; she made it look like it was nirvana. I went to visit him and I saw all these people who were only stored in this place. My grandfather didn't say a single word when I was there. I turned to him and said, 'I'll get you out of here. I don't care what the others say. ' And the only thing he said to me during the time I was there was: 'Sput yourself.' I got him out of there. I wouldn't put anyone in this home. I know people don't have the money, but our parents' storage just isn't right. "

Producer and director Checkoway said, “[Cher] wasn't looking for publicity; it was just something out of the generosity of what she is. She got involved behind the scenes, and then she and I made contact and kept that connection going. Pretty soon it became clear that there was a disagreement between Edith's daughters about what was best for their mother. We didn't know what literally came out of it in the end until it happened. Before I wanted to make the film, the guardianship system wasn't on my radar, so we learned that Edith's rights have been placed in the hands of someone appointed by the court who doesn't know her. And the problems that arise are shown in the film. Then I started researching and I couldn't understand how that could be. Many viewers leave the film asking themselves: How on earth did this happen? You are learning this is happening to seniors across the country. ” Washington Post reporter Judith Graham provided further details from the perspective of the other participants in the story.

Publication and awards

The film was nominated for the Oscar in the category “ Best Documentary Short ” at the 2018 Academy Awards.

Edith + Eddie premiered at the True / False Film Festival in 2017 and subsequently appeared at 34 other festivals in 2017 and 2018. The film has won several awards, including Best Short Film by the International Documentary Association . The film won the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Palm Springs International ShortFest , the Jury Award for Best Documentary Short at the Hamptons International Film Festival , and was named Best Documentary Short at the Nevada City Film Festival , Outstanding Documentary Short film at the Tallgrass International Film Festival , Best Documentary in the Flickers' Youth Film Jury Awards at the Rhode Island International Film Festival , and the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Montclair Film Festival . The film was a semi-finalist on the Shorts List at the Cinema Eye Honors , and received a Jury Honorable Mention - Short Doc Award at the Sheffield Doc / Fest .

reception

The film was well received by the critics. Lidia Moore of Vox Magazine said the film would "move to tears and light a flame in the audience at the same time."

Meet the Press' Chuck Todd called it "a terrific documentary," and Simon Kilmurry, executive director of the International Documentary Association , said the film featured "unforgettable leading characters" and "sensitive elicitation of universal truths." Thomas Grimshaw of the London Short Film Festival called it "one of the best observational documentaries of the year".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Academy Award Winners 2018: The Complete List. In: variety.com. March 4, 2018, accessed January 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Akiva Gottlieb: Golden Years: 'Edith + Eddie' Tells a Love Story. In: IDA / International Documentary Association. February 23, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Rebecca Ford: Cher on 'Edith + Eddie': "They Were Not Treated Like People". In: The Hollywood Reporter. February 23, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  4. ^ Judith Graham: A Tale of Love, Family Conflict And Battles Over Care For An Aging Mother. In: The Washington Post. March 1, 2018, accessed October 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ See the film. In: Edith + Eddie website. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 33rd Annual IDA Documentary Awards Nominees and Winners. In: International Documentary Association. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  7. ^ Judith Graham: 2017 ShortFest Award Winners. In: Palm Springs International ShortFest. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  8. ↑ HIFF25: AWARDS. In: Hamptons International Film Festival. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Best of the Fest. In: Nevada City Film Festival. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  10. ↑ 2017 Festival Award Winners. In: Tallgrass International Film Festival. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  11. ↑ 2017 Filckers' Festival Awards. In: Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  12. ↑ 2017 Montclair Film Festival Awards. In: New Jersey Stage . May 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Cinema Eye Honors Announces Nominees for 11th Annual Awards. In: Cinema Eye Honors. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Award Winners 2017. (No longer available online.) In: Sheffield Doc / Fest. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017 ; accessed on February 7, 2018 .
  15. ^ Lidia Moore: True / False film review: Edith + Eddie + Antonio. In: Vox Magazine. March 3, 2017, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Elder caregiving law comes into focus with Edith and Eddie. In: Meet the Press. November 22, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
  17. ^ 'Dina' Wins Best Feature Award From International Documentary Association. In: Variety.com. December 9, 2017, accessed February 7, 2018 .
  18. ↑ Thomas Grimshaw: International shorts and cinema's power of empathy. In: London Short Film Festival Blog. January 5, 2018, accessed August 26, 2020 .

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