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Notes on Blindness

Apr 7, 2014
0h 14m
★ 7.8

Overview

In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audio cassette.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

The New York Times
Archer's Mark

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Cast

John Hull

Narrator

John Hull

Marilyn Hull

Narrator

Marilyn Hull

Rafe Beckley

John Hull

Rafe Beckley

Celia Henebury

Marilyn Hull

Celia Henebury

Stanley Pemberton-Warbrick

Thomas

Stanley Pemberton-Warbrick

Lorelei Winterfrost

Lizzie

Lorelei Winterfrost

Anoushska Bruce

Young Imogen

Anoushska Bruce

Jasmine Andrews

Young Thomas

Jasmine Andrews