Visuality
Documentaries that deal with questions of vision.
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- DirectorMichael BrownStarsConrad AnkerPete AthansSanduk RuitSight restoring cataract surgeries and alpine climbing in the Nepal Himalaya.
- DirectorJenni GoldStarsKyle MacLachlanBen AffleckBryan CranstonAn investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsFini StraubingerM. BaaskeElsa FehrerThrough examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.
- DirectorRalf ZöllerStarsEvgen Bavcar
- DirectorMary Hatzimihali-PapaliouStarsGiorgos KimoulisA documentary film, similar in its ambitions to the Struggle, of the team of Eight, but much more limited in its thematic breadth. The subject is the situation of the blind in our country, who, for the most part, are reduced to begging in the streets, while the Greek church rather arbitrarily manages the only asylum for the blind, in Kallithea, and at the same time tries to support their struggle for better living conditions. This struggle was manifested in their occupation of the School for the Blind and their wider conflict with all the repressive mechanisms of the state.
- DirectorJoseph F. LovettStarsSteve BaskisPeter D'EliaJessica JonesA documentary about coping with vision loss.
- DirectorYves GoulartStarsMaria da Gloria AlmeidaLaura AugeriFrancine BaudelotBeyond the Light takes us into the universe of the visually impaired through seven Brazilian blind people and exposes the importance of education and information - and in that context Louis Braille's system - for a better life.
- DirectorWendy ToddJason WatkinsStarsJason AllenAndy FreesianBobby McMullenThe Way Bobby Sees It is a gripping documentary about Bobby McMullen, a competitive mountain biker on a mission to race the most demanding downhill course in the country. Adding to the difficulty: Bobby is legally blind. With the help of a guide and a rigorous training schedule, Bobby is determined to race his bike down a course riddled with obstacles and flanked by steep, life-threatening cliffs. But, the racecourse isn't the only challenge in Bobby's life. Between thrills, spills and jaw dropping helmet camera footage, we see how Bobby uses humor, determination, and unshakeable optimism to battle adversity - both on and off the bike.
- DirectorGabrielle MullemStarsHenry ButlerCharlie AchesonRobert AchesonHenry Butler is not only a virtuoso Jazz artist, but also a passionate educator and advocate for disability rights. Drawing on his New Orleans heritage, extensive music study and experience making his way in the world as a blind black man, Henry crafts an eclectic curriculum that encourages his students to take themselves seriously and see the lessons in creating art and music as tools for survival. The Music's Gonna Get You Through tracks the impact of Butler's music and musical philosophy on a group of visually challenged teens who gather in New Orleans one summer to train with the master at his week long camp.
- DirectorAlan HicksStarsClark TerryJustin KauflinQuincy JonesA documentary that follows jazz legend Clark Terry over four years to document the mentorship between Terry and 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin as the young man prepares to compete in an elite, international competition.
- DirectorMichael BrownStarsEric AlexanderLuis BenitezBrad BullFilm follows blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's successful climb of Mount Everest.
- DirectorIsaac SolotaroffStarsMarc LiebermanVisioning Tibet chronicles the passion of humanitarian award-winning doctor Marc Lieberman. His mission: to end preventable blindness in Tibet by 2020.
- DirectorKeith MaitlandStarsRobert PiersonAn up-close look at four teens who have lost their sight. Set in Austin, TX, this film follows their high school experiences of dating, academic responsibilities, fitting in, family problems and preparing for college over the course of one dynamic year.
- DirectorZiad H. HamzehStarsEd LucasPatrick CannonNeal Freeling
- DirectorJulie AntepliWhat if we were all created without an organ called "eye"?
- DirectorSavas CevizStarsEsref ArmaganJoan EröncelJohn KennedyEsref, painter, blind since birth who paints amazingly realistic with great detail and color and, he uses perspectives. Harvard neurologist Leone scanned his brain. He saw a little sensation. "You can say Esref sees with his fingers"
- DirectorBrian James GriffoStarsJustin PurvisTod PurvisTwo brothers, Tod and Justin Purvis, who suffer from a degenerative eye disease, and are going blind. Circumnavigate the United States, seeing the great sights that make America beautiful. Limited sight, with unlimited Vision.
- DirectorStefano LeviStarsSanduk RuitGeoff TabinDavid Oliver RelinMost of the world's blind people live in remote, impoverished areas. The majority of doctors able to cure them work in cities. Dr. Sanduk Ruit from Nepal, and his American partner, Dr. Geoff Tabin, have made perfecting a portable low cost surgery to restore sight their life's work. They trek to Nepal's remote Northeast, carrying an entire hospital on porter's backs. Their mission is to bring the needlessly blind out of the darkness.
- DirectorGary TarnStarsHugues de MontalembertGary Tarn's remarkable, award-winning documentary, BLACK SUN, investigates this through the story of Hugues de Montalembert, a New York-based artist and filmmaker who was blinded by a vicious attack in 1978.
- DirectorPhilip GröningAn examination of life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the reclusive Carthusian Order in France.
- DirectorNancy HamiltonStarsKatharine CornellHelen KellerPolly ThompsonThis documentary chronicles the life of Helen Keller, who was struck by an illness as a young child that left her both blind and deaf. Aided by her devoted teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller is able to develop ways to communicate and becomes an author and advocate. Made when Keller was 72 years old, this film, directed by Nancy Hamilton and narrated by actress Katharine Cornell, features old and recent footage of Keller as her remarkable journey leads her to meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- DirectorAlfred R. KelmanStarsAlexander ScourbyJohn KolischProgram focuses on medical treatments of various eye afflictions and injuries. Among the situations examined: An attempt to repair the torn retina of a 15-year-old who suffered a hockey injury; a man suffering from diabetic hemorrhages and cataracts has his eyesight restored by surgery; an infant with crossed eyes undergoes an operation to correct the problem; and a blind man is seen functioning through remembered sight.
- DirectorGerrit MessiaenRobert VisserStarsAndrea StrettonPaul Cox
- DirectorSamuel HenríquezStarsYbrahinn CorderoMiriam TorresMiriam Torres stopped seeing and hearing at the age of 7. She learned to speak whilst being deaf-blind and now at 55 years old, she teaches other people with the same disability on how to communicate with others. Based on the diaries of Miriam, the film takes you through the inner journey of a woman seeking to recall the forgotten sights and sounds of her childhood, her mother's face, her own face, and the last image she saw and heard in her life.
- DirectorEros AchiardiBarbara MaffeoA discovery journey into the world of the deaf-blind and of people with multiple disabilities. Learning paths, challenges and accomplishments, friendship and romance trough subsequent stages of life.
- DirectorJoão JardimWalter CarvalhoStarsEvgen BavcarRaimunda da Conceição FilhaFelipeA sensitive statement about the importance of vision and our dependency on it, and on how malleable and adaptive is our soul.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsDerek JarmanTilda SwintonJohn QuentinIn his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state.
- DirectorLucien Castaing-TaylorVerena ParavelStarsBrian JannelleAdrian GuilletteArthur SmithA documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
- DirectorCerith Wyn EvansStarsLeigh BoweryMichael ClarkTilda SwintonA short experimental film about the perception of vision inspired by a poem by English poet William Blake
- DirectorFrederick WisemanShows the educational programs and daily life of students in kindergarten through the 12th grade at the Alabama School for the Blind. The School is organized around the effort to educate blind and visually impaired students to be in charge of their own lives. Sequences in the film include mobility training, braille instruction and orientation as well as traditional classroom subjects such as English, history, science and music. Other sequences show psychological counseling sessions; vocational training; staff dealing with student disciplinary problems; and the wide variety of recreational and athletic programs.
- DirectorJohan van der KeukenDocumentary about blind children.
- DirectorRui SimõesStarsJoão BritesAdelaide JoãoAna BrandãoHow would you react if you couldn't see? In rehearsing the theatrical adaptation of "Blindness", by Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, the company "O Bando" made the experience. The actors lived 24 hours blindfolded in an abandoned hospital. How would you react if you could see again?
- DirectorLaura BariStarsAntoine HouangMaelle Thomas-TraoréJulietta Maeder BariA sensitive depiction of the real and imaginary worlds of a little six-year-old boy, who is lucid, confident and blind.
- DirectorChristian WernerStarsRosalie ThomassAnna BlomeierMargarita BroichBarely out of her teens, dependent on her family and extremely nearsighted, Monika, 20, desperately wants to pass her driving test. She undertakes a risky eye laser operation which fails and she loses her sight. Her fragile mother Birgit cracks under the strain of seeing her daughter blind and defenseless and gives her to a municipal home for blind people. There she receives real care for the first time in her life. With the help of the personnel Monika overcomes her depression and finds her inner strength to fight for her independence. But the new autonomy of her daughter displeases Birgit and she tries to entice her to come back to the countryside. Finally Monika enrolls in an apprenticeship as a physical therapist. She discovers a new sensual connection to the outside world and discovers a balance between disability and autonomy.