The Edge of Things is about Lucille, a woman living with an acquired traumatic brain injury. This documentary tells the story of Lucille’s extraordinary plight;
her discovery of poetry; her ensuing obsession with writing it; her relationship with her husband, Ed, and her dogged determination to walk again. The film also follows her daily experiences and perceptions of life: Her thoughts and desires, which, in their pureness and urgency somehow embody our global human song, in all of its wonder and lament, its beauty and imperfection, and its fierce courage to go on. To carry on Lucille’s life reflects the very nature of nature: That which we cannot escape-- the sudden occurrences that happen out of nowhere, changing us forever.
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Country:
USA
Running Time:
1 hr 31 min
Release Date:
2008
Director(s):
Carolyn Corbett
Screening(s):
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 1:45pm 
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The Edge of Things/Corbett
HSDFI Visitor on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 3:57pmCarolyn Corbett's film is not only a moving documentary about lives lived with courage against great odds, it is also, in and of itself, an act of filmmaking courage. Corbett's reportage is frontal, she pulls no punches yet intervenes with her questions and her camera with exquisite sensitively and love. I found myself rooting passionately for Lucille and her fellow residents in rehabilitation, and for Lucille's husband, whose personal struggle with love and loss is portrayed vividly.
Thank you Carolyn Corbett for an in depth look at a world in which compassionate care giving, scientific and medical daring, and a lot of laughter combine in a true story through your film artistry, becomes mesmerizing. Fran Bull, artist, gallery owner
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