[Ohio-talk] The movie is out

[Cheryl Fields]

This is fantastic!
Wish I had know about it, I live about 15 mins. from the theater...
will get up there to experience it Hooray! Cheryl

On 9/23/16, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Some of you will remember that a year ago in May a film company contacted
> Eric to ask for help in portraying blindness accurately. This was for a
> filmbeingmade in Lorain, so Eric asked me to be in touch with the company.
> We then had a pretty wild month. They wanted my insighte about how a blind
> person would act and things he might do, but they also wanted blind extras
> for the crowd shots. The Lorain County chapter rode to the rescue as  did
> some people from Cleveland. Eric and Aleeha also drove up for a day to fill
> out the ranks.They also wanted a young blindman to be the representative
> from the charity for which the blind guy was raising money. I arranged for
> Jason Ewell to come to Lorain County to play this small part. But then
> Mother Nature took a hand. They had to film with people in the water, and
> the bacteria count went way up, so they had to rearrange the shooting
> schedule. The Ewells were leaving for Scotland, and it was just not going to
> work. So they pressed me into service to start the race. I actually had a
> line to say. I also got paid, and I gave the money to the affiliate to help
> folks get to the 75th convention. I just wanted you to know that I did not
> make money on this project.
>
> Last night Bob and I attended the official opening. It was all the way in at
> the Cedar Lee Theater, but it was interesting and fun. I even got a credit.
> As Bob said, the blind guy made a plausibly competent blind guy. There was a
> good bit of skin. The R rating is not misplaced. Bob spotted Sherry and Tom
> Ruth, and Rita Tiree from our chapter as well as the two of us. The film is
> opening this evening at Cedar Lee. There are two shows today and tomorrow.
> But is is also now available on iTunes as My Blind Brother.
>
> Just wanted you to know,
> Barbara
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