NOTES ON BLINDNESS
Release Date: November 16, 2016 at Film Forum (209 W Houston St, New York, NY 10014)
Directors: Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/182870508

Synopsis: In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and theologian John Hull became totally blind. To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began documenting his experiences on audiocassette.

Following the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, NOTES ON BLINDNESS takes a creative approach to the documentary form. Actors lip-synch to the voices of the family, embedding John’s original audio recordings within compelling cinematography and textured sound design. The result is a poetic and intimate story of loss, rebirth and transformation, documenting John’s extraordinary journey into ‘a world beyond sight’.

Accessibility: In order to bring blind and sighted people together, the following soundtrack options are available:

- The standard version is the original film soundtrack with no extra descriptions or sound effects.
- The audio-described version uses a spoken description to relate what’s happening outside of the dialogue.
- The enhanced soundtrack version uses more original narration from John and his wife Marilyn to tell the story, along with extra sound design and music. It’s a version that evokes the action, rather than providing a literal description.