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Dear Friends,
World Sight Day, Thursday, October 14th, is the annual day of awareness that
aims to focus global attention on vision impairment and blindness. The World
Health Organization
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reports that at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision
impairment globally, and in at least 1 billion of these cases, vision
impairment could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.
In honor of World Sight Day, and October being World Blind Awareness Month, A
Closer Look is offering free streaming of <https://goingblindmovie.com/> Going
Blind: Coming Out of the Dark About Vision Loss through October 31st. Going
Blind tells the stories of everyday people and the adaptations they make to
live in today’s world with vision loss. Director Joseph Lovett tells this story
with a very personal appeal as he reveals his diagnosis of glaucoma, a disease
that robs 4.5 million people worldwide of their vision.
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Please share this information with anyone who may benefit from the film: those
living with visual impairment, their families, those who care for them, and
members of the medical community.
To watch the film for free during the month of October, please visit our
website <https://goingblindmovie.com/film/> and choose from one of the three
yellow button options to stream one of three versions of Going Blind: Standard,
Audio-Described, or Captioned.
Tax deductible donations to help us continue our outreach mission are welcomed
and greatly appreciated! Visit our donation page here
<https://goingblindmovie.com/donate/> .
Some background about our organizations: Lovett Stories + Strategies and A
Closer Look, Inc.
In 1989, with a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination, Joseph Lovett founded
Lovett Stories + Strategies to share more narratives that might otherwise be
overlooked. Teaming up with nonprofits, government agencies, and Fortune 500
companies, Lovett Stories + Strategies has created films that dive into the
heart of complex issues helping to liberate people from fear and shame.
In 2015, Lovett founded A Closer Look, Inc. to educate the public by sharing
stories that change lives, promoting films that demystify taboos and build
community. A 501(C)(3) non-profit organization, A Closer Look, Inc. supports
Lovett’s production and distribution, working toward a culture of growing
inclusivity and mutual respect.
With the continued enthusiasm for using our film Going Blind: Coming out of the
Dark about Vision Loss and its educational outreach Going Blind and Going
Forward, combined with the excitement that our latest film Children of the
Inquisition <https://childrenoftheinquisition.com/> has engendered for
educational programs, A Closer Look, Inc. has taken over the outreach and
distribution of our films.
Like so many others, we have learned that with online screenings and hosting
Q&A sessions with video conferencing, there is no limit to the participants we
can bring in to engage the audiences we serve. As a result, many of the
organizations with which we had scheduled screenings of Going Blind and
Children of the Inquisition have now decided to organize virtual gatherings to
continue to build community.
Please take a look at our Outreach Toolkit
<https://goingblindmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/06/goingblind-outreachtoolkit.pdf>
to help set up a screening of Going Blind with your local community. Contact
us if you are interested in hosting a virtual screening and talkback of Going
Blind or Children of the Inquisition with your local community service or
faith-based organization, or with any other questions about our work.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jordan Noël Hawkes
Outreach Director
Lovett Stories & A Closer Look, Inc.
T: +1.323.574.6657 | E: jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
www.lovettproductions.com <https://lovettproductions.com/> |
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