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Blindsight

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Six blind Tibetan teenagers, shunned by their culture as sinners or possessed by demons, band together to climb the north side of Mount Everest. With the inspiration of their fiery, blind teacher who fought to establish a Tibetan school for blind children, the teens are guided by Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind mountaineer to have successfully scaled Everest. The climbers suffer through illness, bad weather, and the stark challenge of tackling one of the greatest natural wonders on the planet.
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A powerful glimpse of the possibilities for transcendence in straightforward documentary filmmaking -- and extreme physical disability.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard You wouldn't believe it as fiction but it really is fairly unadorned fact. It is easy to see awards beckoning, and deservedly so because Walker as a film-maker never puts herself in front of her extraordinary subjects. Rated: 4/5 Aug 8, 2008 Full Review Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) How they managed the trek defies belief, but in an art-form where superpowers have become passé, it's a stirring reminder of what human powers, against the odds, can achieve. Rated: 3/5 Aug 8, 2008 Full Review Nigel Andrews Financial Times Lucy Walker's documentary Blindsight is breathtaking twice over. It leaves the audience gasping like a landed guppy at views of snow-coddled Himalayan peaks under ice-blue skies. Aug 8, 2008 Full Review John A. Nesbit Old School Reviews memorable portrait of some truly courageous individuals and previously unrevealed insights to Tibetan culture Rated: B Apr 25, 2009 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall An important, heart-soaring record of a group of incredibly brave people doing something almost everyone would tell them is impossible. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 8, 2008 Full Review metro.co.uk Yes, it's literally the blind leading the blind in this ironically eye-opening doc that from the outset sounds like an un-PC South Park episode but is in fact inspirational. Aug 8, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member the best was the kid describing the flight... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member 1) Doing what they did makes more sense than doing anything else. 2) Every, even the most beautiful, religion has its awful sins. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member The film is just sad through and through. The poor kids get manipulated into climbing a mountain when they clearly are not physically able to do so and their so called guardians are so taken with the notion of taking blind kids up a mountain that they forget to look after their well being. Very very very sad. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Heart warming and compassion building. I am a wimp compared to these blind people! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member The things Sabrina and Erik were doing just humbled me so much. Here are 2 individuals who made a difference to others' lives without even crediting themselves so I'm deeply shameful with the lil pride I have in times when I "feel" I have done good for others. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member "Blindsight" This doc movie we saw today (Netfix streaming) is one of THE most inspirational I have seen! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Six blind Tibetan teenagers, shunned by their culture as sinners or possessed by demons, band together to climb the north side of Mount Everest. With the inspiration of their fiery, blind teacher who fought to establish a Tibetan school for blind children, the teens are guided by Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind mountaineer to have successfully scaled Everest. The climbers suffer through illness, bad weather, and the stark challenge of tackling one of the greatest natural wonders on the planet.
Director
Lucy Walker
Producer
Sybil Robson
Rating
PG (Mild Language|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre
Documentary, Adventure
Original Language
Tibetan
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$88.3K
Runtime
1h 44m