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Acting Blind   Added April 05, 2007
Video
Type:   Single
Category:   Documentary
Theme:   Arts & Entertainment
Targeted Audience:   All Audiences
Year of Production:   2006
Duration:   52m08s
Production Stage:   Completed
Release Date:   Not specified
Rights:   Television
 
Country:   Canada
Language  
Original:   English
Dubbed:   Not specified
Subtitles:   Not specified
 
M&E:   Not specified
Sound Mix:   Not specified
Shooting Format:   Not specified
Delivery Format:   Digital Betacam
HD:   Not specified
Television Standard:   NTSC
Aspect Ratio:   4:3
BW/Color:   Color
Seller
National Film Board of Canada

Contact: Isabelle de Bellefeuille


Synopsis

The members of the cast gather several nights a week. They are in heavy rehearsals for an upcoming performance at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal. The actors struggle with their lines and work out blocking as the director praises them and chides them to go further into character. The play they are staging, blind, is the story of several blind characters negotiating their way through the tricky emotional and physical maze of life without sight. Most of these actors understand their roles extremely well. Most of these actors are either blind or visually impaired. Acting Blind is a touching film about the making of Dancing to Beethoven. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing their sight and of their struggles coping with the terrifying world of blindness. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world and about their hope and resignation in the face of an often difficult reality. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them.


Prizes and Awards
Not specified

Production Credit    
Production Company:   NFB
Producer:   Not specified
Director:   Martin Duckworth
Cast:   Not specified
Seller
National Film Board of Canada
Isabelle de Bellefeuille
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