So Late So Soon (2020)

Directed by

Daniel Hymanson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 11m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly couple, both artists, live in a colorful Victorian house in Chicago. The film observes their daily life as health problems threaten their long marriage and their cherished home.

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What happens

So Late So Soon is a 2020 American documentary film, director Daniel Hymanson's first feature. It is a portrait of Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden in their later years as health issues jeopardize their life together in a multicolored Victorian house, which had become a work of art in itself over the course of their 50-year marriage – as well as an icon in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Though primarily observational in form, the film includes several moments of interaction with Hymanson as well as scenes that draw on archival footage, some of which the Seidens recorded themselves. Hymanson first met Jackie Seiden as a child, enrolling in her classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Don Seiden also taught at the Art Institute and founded its art therapy program. The film's production took place off and on over five years and received support from the Sundance Institute, Kartemquin Labs, the Illinois Arts Council, and IFP. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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