NOTES ON BLINDNESS - Spirituality Hosted by Fred Craden

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 2 Thu, Dec 8, 2016 7:30 PM

Description

Spirituality…………………………..Hosted by Fred Craden


NOTES ON BLINDNESS


Thursday, December 8th at 7:30pm
Regular Admission


Encompassing dreams, memory and imaginative life, John Hull’s moving exploration excavates the interior world of blindness in this award winning documentary.

After losing sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary. Over three years John recorded over sixteen hours of material, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Published in 1990, the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as, ‘A masterpiece… The most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.’ Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative – and one of the most essential documentaries of the year. (UK, 2016, 90 min., | Dir. Pete Middleton & James Spinney)