Blind Sensations
Written and directed by Raina Haig

Still from Blind Sensations. Close up of a woman walking through a crowd. The background is blurred in motion, the woman is to the left of the frame. Her face is looking to the left and is cropped off but the left side of the picture.

'BLIND SENSATIONS', in three parts, is an expressionist film, shot on S16 and S8. The film uses a number of in-camera special effects inspired by the writer/director's personal experience of partial sight, and research into the experience of blindness. The film explores 'blind sensations', both comfortable and uncomfortable: A blind woman in a busy street seeks assistance to hail a cab, whilst a blind man journeys through a number of environments, real and surreal. The film asks: how do blind people secure and maintain a sense of personal space? Each part is three minutes duration, and can be also viewed separately.

Cast Ailsa Fairley
Damien O'Connor

Director of photography Mark Lapwood
Production designer Gianluca Bonomo
Picture editor Lou Birks
Sound editor Liv Elliot
Composer Francis Rwama

The Guardian PICK OF THE DAY, 16 July 2001

TX Channel Four as follows:
Part 1 16th July at 7.55pm
Part 2 17th July at 7.55pm
Part 3 18th July at 7.55pm

Film Festivals

NFT Disability Film Festival 2002

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