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)