Blindsight

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 03 07 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 014381528121

Studio: Image

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Adult Language]

Summary: Erik Weihenmayer is an athlete and climbing enthusiast who, in the spring of 2001, scaled the summit of Mount Everest. This would be a notable accomplishment for anyone, but Weihenmayer was different from those who had reached Everest's peak before him -- he's been blind since the age of thirteen. Weihenmayer's remarkable story came to the attention of Sabriye Tenberken, an educator who teaches blind teenagers in Lhasa, Tibet. In Tibetan culture, blindness is considered by many to be a curse, and it's not unknown for families to abandon children who are blind to the streets. Hoping to show others what her students could do, Tenberken invited Weihenmayer to Tibet to lead six teenagers on a climb of Lhakpa Ri, a peak on the northern face of Mount Everest. Weihenmayer eagerly accepted the invitation and in 2004 he joined Tenberken and her students on the adventure of a lifetime as six sightless novice climbers attempted to conquer one of the world's tallest and most challenging mountains. Documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker joined Weihenmayer for his adventure with the Tibetan students, and Blindsight is a record of what he and his charges accomplished together. Blindsight received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Culture & Society

Awards: Film Presented – Toronto International Film Festival Film Presented – null Best British Documentary – British Independent Film Awards Film Presented – Berlin International Film Festival Film Presented – SXSW Panorama Publikumspreise – Berlin International Film Festival Film Presented – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Film Presented – London Film Festival Film Presented – Berlin International Film Festival

Features: Audio description track for the blind
Making Blindsight
Insights from Erik and Sabriye
Young Tibetans trip to USA
Young Tibetans' update
Audience reactions
Theatrical trailer

Blindsight

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/13/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 108 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Blindsight
1. Program Start [3:55]
2. Braille Without Boders - Lhasa, Tibet [4:25]
3. Permission to Climb [5:47]
4. The Goal - Lhakpa Ri - 23,000 Ft. [12:36]
5. A Golden Chance [4:44]
6. 15,000 Ft. [9:25]
7. Rombuk Monastery [5:11]
8. Everest Base Camp - 17,000 Ft. [9:25]
9. Luding - Szechwan Province, China [2:13]
10. Old British Camp - 18,000 Ft. [11:20]
11. Finding Tashi's Family [8:02]
12. The Push to ABC - 21,500 Ft. [4:01]
13. A Difficult Decision [1:25]
14. Changing Perspective [11:13]
15. After the Climb [6:49]
16. End Credits [4:08]

Cast and Crew: Erik Weihenmayer  Actor 
Gavin Attwood  Actor 
Chris Morris  Actor 
Sonam Bhumtso  Actor 
Jeff Evans  Actor 
Cornelia Tenberken  Actor 
Dachung  Actor 
Michael Brown  Actor 
Ed Weihenmayer  Actor 
Tenzin  Actor 
Charley Mace  Actor 
Kyila  Actor 
Stefani Jackenthal  Actor 
Tashi Pasang  Actor 
Steven Mace  Actor 
Sabriye Tenberken  Actor 
Sally Berg  Actor 
Kami Tenzing Sherpa  Actor 
Gyenshen  Actor 
Paul Kronenberg  Actor 
Nguyen-Toan Tran  Actor 
Steven Haft  Executive Producer 
Nitin Sawhney  Composer (Music Score) 
Lucy Walker  Director 
Sybil Robson Orr  Producer 

Country: UK,USA,Tibet