Blindsight follows six Tibetan teenagers on their journey to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri mountain in the shadow of Mount Everest, a challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. The children are at times feared by their parents, scorned by villagers and deemed sinners by devout followers of Buddhism, and believed to be cursed. Helped by Sabriye Tenberken — a blind German social worker who established the first school for the blind in Lhasa — the students invite the famous blind mountain climberErik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his climb to the summit of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa and helps the students and their educators climb higher than they have ever been before.
Critical receptionedit
The film received near universally positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 98% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 49 reviews.[1]Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 72 out of 100, based on 12 reviews.[2]
blindsight, film, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, blindsight, film, news, newspapers, books, scholar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Blindsight film news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Blindsight is a 2006 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker and produced by Sybil Robson Orr for Robson Entertainment It premiered at 2006 Toronto International Film Festival TIFF in the category Real to Reel BlindsightUK DVD SleeveDirected byLucy WalkerProduced bySybil Robson OrrStarringErik Weihenmayer Sabriye Tenberken Kyila Tashi Pasang Tenzin Dachung Gyenshen Sonam BhumtsoRelease dates11 September 2006 2006 09 11 Toronto International Film Festival 8 August 2008 2008 08 08 United Kingdom Running time104 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Summary 2 Critical reception 3 Awards and nominations 4 References 5 External linksSummary editBlindsight follows six Tibetan teenagers on their journey to climb the 23 000 foot Lhakpa Ri mountain in the shadow of Mount Everest a challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind The children are at times feared by their parents scorned by villagers and deemed sinners by devout followers of Buddhism and believed to be cursed Helped by Sabriye Tenberken a blind German social worker who established the first school for the blind in Lhasa the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his climb to the summit of Everest Erik arrives in Lhasa and helps the students and their educators climb higher than they have ever been before Critical reception editThe film received near universally positive reviews from critics The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 98 of critics gave the film a positive review based on 49 reviews 1 Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 72 out of 100 based on 12 reviews 2 Awards and nominations editWINNER Audience Award for Best film Berlin Film Festival Panorama 2007 WINNER Audience Award for best documentary film American Film Institute AFI see American Film Institute Awards 2006 Los Angeles WINNER Audience Award for Best Documentary Palm Springs Film Festival NOMINEE Best Documentary British Independent Film Awards 2006References edit Blindsight Movie Reviews Trailers Pictures Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 23 September 2015 Blindsight 2008 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 23 September 2015 External links editBlindsight at IMDb nbsp Blindsight at Rotten Tomatoes Blindsight at Metacritic nbsp Blindsight at AllMovie nbsp This article about a British documentary film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blindsight film amp oldid 1201033712, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
