Academy Award and Emmy Award nominated short documentary about America's oldest interracial newlyweds, a love story under threat.
2017 / 29 minutes / Credit: Director/Producer/Editor

WINNER IDA Documentary Awards Best Short
WINNER Best Documentary Short Hamptons International Film Festival
WINNER Audience Award Montclair Film Festival
WINNER Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary Palm Springs International ShortFest
WINNER Youth Jury Film Award Best Documentary Rhode Island International Film Festival
WINNER Best Documentary Short Nevada City Film Festival
WINNER Outstanding Documentary Short Tallgrass International Film Festival
WINNER Audience Favorite Coronado Island Film Festival
WINNER Programmer's Award Virginia Film Festival
WINNER Excellence in Documentary Storytelling Destiny City Film Festival
WINNER International Documentary Competition Shorts Mexico
WINNER Best International Short Documentary Doc Edge Film Festival

Reviews:

"Devastating... an extraordinarily memorable work of nonfiction." —Nonfics.com

“A life-affirming hug turns into something darker: an indictment of the elder-care system, with racial undertones." —Los Angeles Times

“Checkoway’s film has a span that reaches far beyond the family devastation onscreen to suggest that the essential and underlying pathology is that of a legal and judicial system that plays high-handedly and impersonally with people’s lives… One of the most impressive aspects of Checkoway’s film is that, with a simple and straightforward approach, she brings the overwhelming force of abstract institutions seemingly onto the screen.” —Richard Brody, The New Yorker

"One of the most beautiful and quietly furious films I've ever seen." —Julia Reichert, director of American Factory, A Lion in the House

"In just half an hour, Edith+Eddie captures so much about love, aging and infirmity––and speaks volumes about America's issues with elder care and guardianship." —NowToronto

"This film will pull at the heartstrings while striking a flame within the audience." —Vox Magazine

"Intense and moving... achieving intimacy without feeling invasive... gripping the viewer for the duration and building something genuinely beautiful out of tragedy." —Shooting People