Filmmakers susan muska and greta olafsdottir directed edie and thea. A very long engagement 2009 starring thea spyer and edie windsor on dvd and bluray. As they prepare to travel to canada to get married, two women share their story of a love that has lasted for more than 40 years. Nov 26, 2016 a very long engagement 910 movie clip vengeance is pointless. A very long engagement, by susan muska and greta olfsdottir documents windsor and spyers life and wedding. In the life features this tender documentary of a life long romance set against a backdrop of cultural change. Apr 30, 2010 after a 42year courtship, edie and thea are finally getting married. A very long engagement now on your favorite device. After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple edie and thea are finally getting married. Jun 21, 2009 directed by susan muska, greta olafsdottir. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Film portrays lesbian couple behind defense of marriage case. Susan muska and greta olafsdottir the brandon teena. From the early 1960s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many.
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Edie from the codirectors of the brandon teena story comes this delightful and moving documentary about love that lasts a lifetime. The dvd of the film contains a full length interview with justice harvey brownstone, the canadian judge who officiated at the windsorspyer wedding. However, the voiceover at the beginning as manech is being led through the trench with the other prisoners in january 1917 informs us that manech is five months shy of 20, putting his birth date in june of 1897 and making him two and a half years older. A very long engagement 2009 depicts this kind of relationship, a romantic love story that culminates in a priceless engagement. Welcome to wolfeondemand your global lgbt movie platform. Edith windsor and thea spyers great american love story. In the closeted 1960s, two young women met and fell in love and so began the extraordinary tale of edie and thea, whose engagement to each other would span more than forty years. The film tells the story of the long term lesbian relationship between edie windsor and thea spyer, including their respective childhoods, their meeting in 1963, their lives and. At least twice in the course of the film we are told that manech is only 1 year older than her.
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