[nabs] "Going Blind" documentary

[LISADRZEWUCKI at aol.com]

Anmol,
 
Thank you for bringing this to my (our) attention.  The film looks  quite 
interesting and will be having its premier in NY on 10/8.  It runs  for one 
week and I am hoping to make it to a screening.
 
Lisa
 
 
In a message dated 9/21/2010 10:57:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com writes:

I am  wondering what is everyone's thoughts on this documentary?

ABOUT THE  FILM

Going Blind is a unique documentary film that increases public  awareness 
of sight loss and low vision issues profoundly affecting the lives  of more 
and
more people and those who love them.

Documentary film  director and journalist Joe Lovett has glaucoma, a 
disease that robs 4.5  million people of their vision world wide. Over the years, 
Joe
has lost a  significant amount of vision and in his concern about how to 
deal with more  vision loss, he has started to talk with people who have 
already
lost  theirs; people who have lost their sight through blinding diseases 
like  diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, others through infection  
and
accidents.

Some of the people he meets on the street, stopping  to ask if they have 
time to talk. Each one has a fascinating story about  dealing with the loss we 
fear
most, the loss of sight.

Going Blind  interweaves Joe’s story, his mission to do what he can to slow 
down the course  of his disease through medication and surgeries, with the 
stories
of others  whom he looks to for guidance in a darkening world.

Jessica Jones, a  neighbor of Joe’s, is one of the people participating in 
the film. They met on  the street when Jessica was training her seeing eye 
dog
Chef, a black  lab.

A young, beautiful and talented artist who had been teaching in  the New 
York City public school system, Jessica was exasperated by the lack of  
encouragement
and opportunities after she had lost her sight to diabetic  retinopathy in 
just 8 months at age 32. During the process of filming Jessica  secured a job
teaching art at a school in the Bronx for blind children with  multiple 
disabilities.

Another is eleven-year old Emmet Teran. Emmet  has low vision from 
albinism, a condition he inherited from his father who  also has to deal with 
extremely
low vision. Emmet works with a comedy  troupe after school and uses humor 
to dismiss some of the hurts a child  encounters from his peers.

These compelling individual stories provide  the sighted with a glimpse 
into the world of low vision and blindness.  Worldwide, 37,000,000 people have 
lost

their vision. In the United  States alone, Lighthouse International reports 
that 10 million people are  legally blind (1.3 million) or visually impaired
(8.7  million).

Given our aging population and the increasing prevalence of  low vision in 
our society, it is of paramount importance that we understand  sight loss 
and work
towards a better future. Going Blind encourages and  inspires people to 
take action to preserve, prolong, and maximize the precious  gift of sight – for
themselves, their loved ones, and  society.


Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they  never make me sad. Perhaps 
there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it  is vague, like a breeze 
among flowers.
Hellen Keller



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