Blindsight (2006 film)

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Blindsight
Directed by	Lucy Walker
Produced by	Sybil Robson Orr, Robson Entertainment, London W1, England; Steven Haft (executive producer), New York, USA
Starring	Erik Weihenmayer, Sabriye Tenberken, Kyila, Tashi Pasang, Tenzin, Dachung, Gyenshen, Sonam Bhumtso
Release date(s)	2006
Running time	104 min.

Blindsight is a 2006 British documentary film directed by Lucy Walker. It premiered at 2006 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the category Real to Reel.

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri, on the northside of Mount Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Believed to be possessed by evil demons, the children are feared by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by their Buddhist religion. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken — a blind educator and adventuress who established the first school for the blind in Lhasa — the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his conquest of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her students to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The result is nothing anyone could have predicted.