Showing posts with label Multiple Sclerosis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Multiple Sclerosis. Show all posts

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Edie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009)

Forty-two years of romance, struggle and shared adventures finally culminate in marriage for lifelong lesbian couple Edie and Thea, who met in the 1960s and stayed together through the turbulent decades of activism and social change that followed. Looking at pictures from their past, the women marvel at simple triumphs -- buying their first house together -- and reminisce about the constant fear of exposure they once felt.   2009  61 minutes

Thea was disabled due to multiple sclerosis which adds another dimension to this movie.

This is a gentle, moving documentary.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Hilary and Jackie (1998)

From NetFlix: Emily Watson stars in this true story about Jacqueline du Pré, a famed cellist whose glamorous but turbulent life clashes and contrasts with the quiet existence of her sister, Hilary (Rachel Griffiths). The close but complicated relationship between the sisters strains to the breaking point as a result of infidelity, jealousy and, finally, illness. Based on Hilary's controversial memoir, A Genius in the Family. 1998 124 minutes