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Haunting insights on blindness
MARIA DUARTE recommends an emotive account of what happens to a man after he loses his sight
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Notes on Blindness (U)
Directed by Pete Middleton and James Spinney
4/5
THIS extraordinarily frank and candid documentary, based on the audio diary theologian and academic John M Hull made when struck down by blindness, is incredibly illuminating.
Film-makers Pete Middleton and James Spinney took his recordings and have actors lip-syncing his words and those of his family, delivering a gripping and haunting personal account of one man’s experience which is at times heartbreaking.
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