Blindsight
Synopsis
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri, on the northside of Mt. Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Believed to be possessed by evil demons, the children are feared by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by their Buddhist religion. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken — a blind educator and adventuress 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 conquest of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her students to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The result is nothing anyone could have predicted.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 104 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Lucy Walker
- Producer
- Sybil Robson Orr
- Director of Photography
- Petr Cikhart, mountain photography by
- Principal Cast
- Erik Weihenmayer, Sabriye Tenberken, Kyila, Tashi, Tenzin
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 24th November 2006
