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1. Zakiya Akram 0115
Esha mubashir 0120
Wajeeha batool 0089
Areeba Irfan 0103
PRESENTED BY
In the name of Allah, The Most Beneficent and The Most Merciful

2. BLINDSIGHT
POSTER

3. WHY WE CHOSE THIS MOVIE ?
I chose this movie because ……
 It is based on real events
 It inspires me to not look down upon people with disabilities
 I like taking risks and this documentary is all about taking risks
 It serves as a motivation for the blind

4. TRAILER

5. INTRODUCTION
• Comes from blindness “inability to see”
• Title background
• Primary Visual cortex damaged
• Nepal , Lhakpa Ri ,Mount Everest
• Origins

6. DIRECTOR
• Lucy Walker is an English film director.
• She is best known for directing the
documentaries Devil's Playground, Blind
sight, Waste Land, Countdown to Zero, and
The Crash Reel.
Lucy Walker

7. LEADERS OF THE SUMMIT
• Sabriye Tenberken
• Established a school for the
blinds
• Founder of “Braille without
borders”
• Erik Weihenmayer
• Athlete , adventurer
• First to reach Everest
blind
• This story is narrated
by him

8. ERIK'S TEAM MEMBERS (THE MENTORS)
• Paul Kronenberg
• Charley Mace
• Stefeni Jackenthal
• Jeff Evans
• Sally Berg
• Michael Brown
• Gavin Attwood

9. • Sonam Bhumtso
• “100,000 beautiful
lakes”
• Dachung
• “Little moon”
“We lost our sight not our vision”

10. STORY
• Six blind Tibetan teenagers, shunned by their culture as sinners or possessed by demons
• band together to climb the north side of Mount Everest. With the inspiration of their fiery, blind
teacher who fought to establish a Tibetan school for blind children
• the teens are guided by Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind mountaineer to have successfully
scaled Everest.
• The climbers suffer through illness, bad weather, and the stark challenge of tackling one of
the greatest natural wonders on the planet.

11. Other related movies and books
• Black
• The Miracle worker
• The scent of woman
• The eyes of me
• At first sight
• The patch of blue
• Climax
• not all kids were able to reach at the top
• after effects of summit on kids lives
• impact of documentary on other blind kids

12. Theme
• Other blind heroes
• Facts about being blind
• Nations approach towards the blind
• Reading system for the blinds
Winner
• AFI Fest 2006
• Berlin International Film Festival 2007
• Ghent International Film Festival 2007
• Palm Springs International Film Festival 2007
Nominee
• British Independent Film Awards 2006
• Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 2008
AWARDS

13. LESSONS YOU LEARN FROM “BLIND SIGHT”
• Spiritual lessons
• “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
• “Being playful is a key component in making us succeed.”
• “Life is inherently risky there is only one big risk ,and that is doing nothing.”
• “Team work makes dream work.”
• “We are as blind as we want to be.”

14. TRIVIA
As the film explains, in Tibet, being blind is often considered a curse, and those who are blind
are looked down upon and shamed.
• Do we look down on people with disabilities?
• Have you ever imagined being blind?
• How can you help the blind if you are ever given a chance?
• How is team work important to succeed ?
Thank you for answering ……….

15. “Love yourself ,
Believe in yourself”