Edie Bouvier Beale and her mother, Edith, two aging, eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, are the sole inhabitants of a Long Island estate. The women reveal themselves to be misfits with outsized, engaging personalities. Much of the conversation is centered on their pasts, as mother and daughter now rarely leave home.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Portrait Films, Maysles Films
- Keyword: cat, long island, new york, eccentric, mansion, recluse, raccoon, woman director, eccentric family, direct cinema, hamptons, mother daughter relationship, familiar
- Cast: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers, Norman Vincent Peale, Jack Helmuth, Albert Maysles