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Release Date:
January 1, 2006
Original Title:
Acting Blind
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ONF | NFB
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 52
This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing sight and of their struggles coping with a life without it. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them. By opening night, at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal, they are a close-knit cast, well-honed and ready to step out of the wings and into the light.
Additional Sound Re-Recordist:
Craig Lapp
Administration:
Marie Tonto-Donati
Nickie Merulla
Consulting Producer:
Barry Lazar
Digital Imaging Technician:
Chaz Oliver
Phyllis Lewis
Director:
Martin Duckworth
Director of Photography:
Martin Duckworth
Editor:
Gérald Vansier
Executive Producer:
Sally Bochner
Foley:
Claude Langlois
Lighting Production Assistant:
Vuk Stojanovic
Marc Hénaut
Music Arranger:
Nicolas Borycki
Musician:
Robert Marcel Lepage
Yanik Cloutier
Online Editor:
Sylvain Desbiens
Denis Gathelier
Original Music Composer:
Robert Marcel Lepage
Post Production Coordinator:
Linda Payette
Claude Cardinal
Producer:
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Adam Symansky
Production Coordinator:
Miya Kondo
Sia Koukoulas
Sound Editor:
Don Ayer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Serge Boivin
Sound Recordist:
Glenn Hodgins
Technical Advisor:
Garry Beitel
Title Designer:
Gaspard Gaudreau
Vocal Coach:
Isabelle Rajotte
Vocals:
Aldéo Jean
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