В 1969 году культовая британская группа The Who выпустила первую в своем роде рок-оперу «Томми». Лидер группы, гитарист и поэт Пит Тауншенд придумал сюжет о слепоглухонемом мальчике, которому суждено стать новым мессией, ибо люди, наделенные всеми традиционными чувствами, слишком заняты собой, чтобы постичь истинного Бога.
Инициированное «Битлз» увлечение индийским мистицизмом дало о себе знать. Спустя шесть лет Кен Рассел подкорректировал слишком извилистый сюжет, перевел его в визуальные формы и получил на выходе один из самых интересных мюзиклов. Отделенный от мира непроницаемой стеной, Томми только и умеет, что играть в пинбол, шарики от которого напоминают ему о подшипниках, что собирала когда-то на заводе его мать.
В один прекрасный день несчастному ребенку является волшебник пинбола в исполнении Элтона Джона и благословляет его. Томми неуклонно идет вперед и становится рок-звездой международного масштаба.
A documentary about a vision care school that enables visually impaired children to learn the skills necessary for a full life.
This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing sight and of their struggles coping with a life without it. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them. By opening night, at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal, they are a close-knit cast, well-honed and ready to step out of the wings and into the light.
Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported, under-recorded and under people's radar.
A woman and her blind partner must risk their lives to deliver an important package as they are pursued along a coastline by a mysterious evil force.
Filmmaker Rodney Evans embarks on a scientific and artistic journey, questioning how his loss of vision might impact his creative future. Through illuminating portraits of three artists: a photographer (John Dugdale), a dancer (Kayla Hamilton), and a writer (Ryan Knighton), the film looks at the ways each artist was affected by the loss of their vision and the ways in which their creative process has changed or adapted.
Steve Saylor may be blind, but that doesn't stop him as he pushes to help make the video game industry more accessible, so everyone has the chance to experience the stories only games can offer.
The visually impaired assistant at the Medical Faculty in Košice, Ján Grega, talks about his life.
Rumble of train rails; Crashing of ocean waves; Soft caress of distant wind. Two people. Two ways of perceiving the world.