Loading Docs 2022 - Fast Eddie

In 2019 60-year-old Eddie Meechen was diagnosed with MSA (multiple system atrophy), a progressive and terminal neurological disease. Within two years the "witty and charming" former stevedore, rugby lover and father of three couldn't climb the stairs unaided. Short documentary Fast Eddie is the story of one of his final adventures.  Accompanied by daughter (and director) Keely Meechen, his wife and extended family, Eddie tackles the 55 kilometre Lake Dunstan cycle trail on a specially modified tricycle. As the family prepare Eddie and themselves for the event, they honour his life and remember the good times.

There's a feeling you get, being free, not falling over, not anyone carrying you anywhere. Not talking to anyone because you can't be understood. For a while there you forget you have a disease.

– Eddie Meechen describes the joy of cycling the Lake Dunstan Trail

Key Cast & Crew

Paul Mockridge

Cinematographer

Juliette Veber

Producer

Keely Meechan

Producer, Subject, Director

Virginia Wickham

Producer

Sophie Coombs

Editor

Miller Yule

Composer