[Nfbmo] documentary about young legally blind woman
DanFlasar at aol.com
DanFlasar at aol.com
Wed Jan 11 23:34:04 UTC 2017
Hi all,
Just got a notification that a documentary called "Best and Most
Beautiful Things" will be avialble to view this weekend at Webster University in
Webster Groces, in St. Louis County.
Here's the description of the film:
Off a dirt road in rural Maine, a precocious 20-year-old woman named
Michelle
Smith lives with her mother Julie. Michelle is quirky and charming, legally
blind and diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with big dreams and varied
passions. Searching for connection, Michelle explores love and empowerment
outside the limits of “normal.” Michelle’s joyful story of
self-discovery celebrates outcasts everywhere.
I watched the trailer (see link below) - she does have some vision, uses a
cane to navigate her town, can read holding a book right up to her face.
There are no scenes of her using electronic or digital accessibility
devices, or any reference to her belonging to any blind organizations. I
suspect the focus of the film is how amazing she is given her visual and mental
disability. I'll check it out and give a fuller review. I wonder if she
has had any contact with the Federation or the Council?
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKMpmF3yfG8
Below is a link to the full film on the PBS show Independent Lens (note:
it seems that this film will not run on Internet Explorer but will on
Google Chromne - unfortunatley, not screen reader compliant.
The film is not narrated, at least as far as I can tell.l)
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/best-beautiful-things-full-film/
Dan Flasar
In a message dated 1/11/2017 4:10:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,
nfbmo at nfbnet.org writes:
Bryan,
Here is the email address that I have for Dan.
dekeller88 at gmail.com
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Bryan Schulz via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would someone know the email address for dan keller?
> Thanks.
> Bryan
>
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