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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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