NAME OF FILM: EDITH + EDDIE
DIRECTOR(S): Laura Checkoway
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Edith and Eddie, at ages 96 and 95, became America’s oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story, told by director Laura Checkoway, is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart.
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