Blindsight

The word 'touching' is often overplayed to the point of simply sounding cliche to describe a film, but this documentary really is. It is the kind of movie to make you reflect upon your own life and achievements. In Tibet blindness is treated as a curse and means you must have done something wrong in a previous life. Sally, a blind woman traveled to Tibet and on a donkey rode around rural towns recruiting blind children to set up the first blind school. You may think that is amazing but it goes further. She contacts Eric, a blind mountain climber who has even reached the top of Everest. Together with a group of climbing experts that Eric has previously walked with they take 6 children from the school to reach a 27,000 feet height at one of the summits of Everest. The fact that they have no prior climbing experience and are children would be reason enough for this to be a huge feat. The documentary does not waste time showing endless footage of them climbing. Instead it focuses on their stories, their families and the trust and team work it takes for them to accomplish this together.