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Edie & Thea + Ciao Miao
17:00 - Sat 12th of September 2009 to 19:00 - Sat 12th of September 2009
Dendy Newtown, 5pm
Edie & Thea: a Very Long Engagement
Dir Gréta Olafsdóttir and Susan Muska, USA, 2009, 67 min
“We danced so long, I wore a hole in my stocking” says Edie of the night she met Thea. That was 45 years ago. The two women now sit beside each other and reminisce as a slide show of their shared life plays out before them.
It is a life both ordinary (with the usual challenges, successes, failures, and excitement) and extraordinary, as they began their very visible romance in the closeted pre-Stonewall 60s, and amongst New York's high society too! The film offers a fascinating exploration of our community’s history, while charting one couples courageous passage through it.
But what makes this documentary most enjoyable is the quirky charisma of both these women and the unfaltering, soul-quaking love they exhibit for one another. And like all good love stories, it ends in a wedding, finally, after their Very Long Engagement, Edie and Thea (now confined to a wheel chair) make their way down the aisle for a fittingly poetic and playful climax of their life together. Yes, you will shed a tear, but for ALL the right reasons.
SCREENS WITH:
Ciao Miao
Dir Su Goldfish, Australia, 2009, 4 min
Lucy the cat seemed immortal. When she disappeared one rainy night, it seemed impossible she had gone forever.
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