American Printing House for the Blind Museum?s Summer Film Festival
Name:
American Printing House for the Blind Museum?s Summer Film Festival
Date:
August 22, 2015
Time:
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Event Description:
Blindsight (2006)
Blindsight Relates how six Tibetan teenagers, all blind, reached the 23,000 summit of Mount Lhakpa Ri, practically next door to Everest, with their teacher, a blind educator and adventurer who established the first school for the blind in Tibet, and their guide, blind mountaineer and adventurer, Eric Weihenmeyer. It is also about the challenges of being blind, the importance of building confidence in young people, and the clash of Western and Tibetan notions of success. To make reservations, email Katie Carpenter kcarpenter@aph.org or 502-899-2213 by noon on August 21.
Blindsight Relates how six Tibetan teenagers, all blind, reached the 23,000 summit of Mount Lhakpa Ri, practically next door to Everest, with their teacher, a blind educator and adventurer who established the first school for the blind in Tibet, and their guide, blind mountaineer and adventurer, Eric Weihenmeyer. It is also about the challenges of being blind, the importance of building confidence in young people, and the clash of Western and Tibetan notions of success. To make reservations, email Katie Carpenter kcarpenter@aph.org or 502-899-2213 by noon on August 21.
