[NFBV-Announce] Limited Capacity Invitation to a Special Free Netflix screening in DC on November 1 of the first episode of All The Light We Cannot See

Wed Oct 25 02:08:34 UTC 2023

From: Danielsen, Chris <CDanielsen at nfb.org> 
We are able to make available a limited number of tickets to the advanced screening of the first episode of the new Netflix series All the Light We Cannot See, which stars a new blind actress and guest stars another one. There was an inaccessible attachment with the original message, but that attachment is described below.

Please feel free to share with your members. Ask them to RSVP to me if they are interested in attending by no later than Friday, October 27. We have sixty tickets allotted so they will go on a first-come, first-served basis.

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You are invited to a special screening of the Netflix limited series ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, followed by a conversation with Shawn Levy (Director/Executive Producer), Anthony Doerr (Author), and Joe Strechay (Associate Producer/Blindness and Accessibility Consultant), moderated by Jason Broughton (Director of the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled).

SCREENING DETAILS
Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Time: 6:30PM Doors | 7:00PM Screening
Location: Library of Congress | Coolidge Auditorium (10 First St SE, Washington, DC 20003)

This screening will be played with open audio descriptions and open captions.

Note: The attached graphic includes the same information outlined above, overlaid on a photo of Saint Malo, France.  

Please RSVP to Chris Danielsen CDanielsen at nfb.org <mailto:CDanielsen at nfb.org>  and kindly note any accessibility needs for this screening (i.e. wheelchair/companion seating).

Additional details will be sent ahead of the event.

We look forward to a wonderful evening!

About ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7E0PStA8YE> 
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE tells the story of Marie-Laure Leblanc (Aria Mia Loberti), a blind French girl taking refuge with her father and reclusive uncle in St. Malo, France and Werner (Louis Hofmann), a brilliant teenager enlisted by Hitler’s regime with an expertise in radio repair. Together they share a secret connection that will become a beacon of light that leads them through the harrowing backdrop of WWII.

>From Director Shawn Levy, ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE stars Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger, Marion Bailey, with Hugh Laurie and Mark Ruffalo. And introducing newcomer Aria Mia Loberti.

Christopher S. Danielsen, J.D. 
Director of Public Relations 
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