Blindsight (2008)

Director: Lucy Walker  
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Publisher: Image
Format: DVD
UPC: 00014381528121
Buy.com Sku: 209754257
Item#: V2SSDS
Category Keywords: Documentary  Theatrical Release 
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Features: DVD
 


Editor's Note

This documentary from director Lucy Walker (DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND) follows a group of blind teenagers as they ascend Lhakpa Ri, the 23,000 foot peak on Mount Everest's north face. Led by renowned mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer, the young Tibetans set out on an incredible if dangerous journey.

 
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Believed to be possessed by demons because of their blindness, the children are feared by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by a blind educator and adventuress, the students invite a famous blind mountain climber to visit their school and let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The result is nothing anyone could have predicted.

Source: Image Entertainment Inc.

 
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Release Information
Studio: Image
Release Date: 1/13/2009
Running Time: 108 minutes
Original Release Date: 2008
Catalog ID: 5281
UPC: 00014381528121
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
Sybil Robson-Orr - Producer
Erik Weihenmayer - Featured
Steven M. Haft - Executive Producer
Nitin Sawhney - Composer
Petr Cikhart - Director of Photography
Sabriye Tenberken - Featured
Lucy Walker - Director

 
Professional Reviews
New York Times
"Featuring exceptional people doing extraordinary things, BLINDSIGHT is one of those documentaries with the power to make you reexamine your entire life..." 03/05/2008

Entertainment Weekly
"[A] complex, inspirational documentary....Look deeper, though, and Lucy Walker's observant film is about profound East-West differences in the importance of journey versus destination..." 03/14/2008 p.61

Los Angeles Times
"[A] complex drama about differing values and definitions of success, exploring the limits of transcendence as well as the transcending of limits." 05/30/2008

Sight and Sound
"BLINDSIGHT crystallizes into a surprisingly penetrating sociological study offering intriguing insights into a hitherto closed culture." 09/01/2008 p.52

Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "Uplifting but never mawkish, and gorgeously shot." 09/01/2008 p.66

  
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