Movie: Notes on Blindness

Top 8 Billed Cast

John Hull
John Hull

Narrator

Marilyn Hull
Marilyn Hull

Narrator

Rafe Beckley
Rafe Beckley

John Hull

Celia Henebury
Celia Henebury

Marilyn Hull

Stanley Pemberton-Warbrick
Stanley Pemberton-Warbrick

Thomas

Lorelei Winterfrost
Lorelei Winterfrost

Lizzie

Anoushska Bruce
Anoushska Bruce

Young Imogen

Jasmine Andrews
Jasmine Andrews

Young Thomas

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    Notes on Blindness

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2014-04-07

  • Average

    7.8

  • Rating:

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