Blind Tibetan Teenagers Featured in Award-Winning Film, 'Blindsight
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Blind Tibetan Teenagers Featured in Award-Winning Film, 'Blindsight
LOS ANGELES -- Robson Entertainment and Junior Blind of America announced today
that from February 11-21, blind teenagers featured in the award-winning
documentary, "BLINDSIGHT" (opening March 2008) will travel to the United States
for the first time to embark on a life-changing journey with blind students
from Los Angeles.
The incredible true story of these heroic blind teenagers' climb of Lhakpa Ri
continues with this visit to the States. The film's subjects have been given
the opportunity to leave Tibet for the first time for this mini-tour, sponsored
by Robson Entertainment and Junior Blind of America. The students will attend
various events in Los Angeles and San Francisco, including: a Disneyland
adventure, a Hollywood walking tour, a day at Universal Studios, a tour of
Alcatraz Island and many more outdoor activities such as hang gliding and
adaptive kayaking. Their American journey will continue with stops in Boston
and New York.
Speaking of this significant collaboration, Junior Blind of America President
and CEO, Miki Jordan, commented, "This has been a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for these young adults to learn from each other and inspire each
other, while continuing to break the barriers of vision loss."
Sybil Robson Orr of Robson Entertainment continues, "During the making of
'Blindsight,' I was astounded to hear of the bravery and courage of these
teenagers. We are delighted, with the support of Junior Blind of America, to
provide this opportunity to this fearless group."
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, BLINDSIGHT follows the
gripping adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the
23,000-foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest. The dangerous journey
soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge -- made all the more remarkable
because the teenagers are blind.
With guidance by Sabriye Tenberken (Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Time Magazine
Hero of The Year), a blind educator and adventurer who established the first
and only school for the blind in Tibet, the students invited the famous blind
mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about
his conquest of Everest. Erik arrived in Lhasa and inspired Sabriye and her
students -- Kyila, Sonam Bhumtso, Tashi, Gyenshen, Dachung and Tenzin - to let
him lead them higher than they had ever been before. The resulting 3-week
journey is beyond anything they could have predicted.
ABOUT "BLINDSIGHT": Robson Entertainment presents "Blindsight" featuring
Sabriye Tenberken & Erik Weihenmayer. The film was edited by Sebastian Duthy
and features original music by Nitin Sawhney. The director of photography is
Petr Cikhart. The executive producer is Steven Haft, and is produced by Sybil
Robson Orr. "Blindsight" was directed by Lucy Walker.
About Robson Entertainment: BLINDSIGHT was produced by Sybil Robson Orr of
Robson Entertainment. After beginning her career in the news business as a
reporter and television anchor at network affiliates in the US and ABC News in
Paris, Sybil Robson Orr launched a nationally syndicated consumer program for
Paramount Pictures. Following a producer's deal at Universal Studios with
partner Harvey Bernhard and a stint in sub-Sahara Africa shooting documentaries
on the wars for independence, she established her own multi-media entertainment
company, Robson Entertainment. Robson Entertainment develops, produces and
finances motion pictures, television programs and documentaries from offices in
Los Angeles and London. Currently on the Robson Entertainment slate is a
feature film based on Sabriye Tenberken's autobiography "My Path Leads To
Tibet."
About Junior Blind of America: Junior Blind of America's mission is to help
children and adults who are blind, visually impaired or multi-disabled achieve
independence. Junior Blind of America provides services to thousands of
individuals and their families every year through programs that offer
innovative and individualized methods of early-intervention therapy, education,
recreation and rehabilitation. (For further information: www.juniorblind.org).
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