Notes on Blindness | ( Click here to watch ) | (90 min; 2016; English)

Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney

Acclaimed documentary by Peter Middleton and James Spinney dramatising the life-changing experiences of theology professor John Hull, whose audiotape diaries of his journey into blindness formed the basis of his 1990 book Touching the Rock. Notes on Blindness is built upon the voices of John and his family (from audio diaries, taped letters, domestic recordings and interviews). The result brilliantly blurs the boundary between drama and documentary. Middleton and Spinney have created an immersive film worthy of Hull’s end-quote declaration that “to gain our full humanity, blind people and sighted people need to see each other”.