hi. can anyone help me or can give me a list of shows/movies /books about blindness?thanks a lot!?
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RAY-The story of Ray Charles-Oscar calibre movie
Patch of Blue -1965-Accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother Rose-Ann (Oscar winner Shelley Winters) at the age of five, Selena D’Arcy spends the next 13 years confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with “Ole Pa” (Wallace Ford), Selena’s grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), a thoughtful young office worker whose kind-hearted treatment of her results in her falling in love with him, unaware that he is black. They continue to meet in the park every afternoon and he teaches her how to get along in the city. But when the cruel, domineering Rose-Ann learns of their relationship, she forbids her to have anything more to do with him because he is black. Selena continues to meet Gordon despite Rose-Ann’s fury, who is determined to end the relationship for good. Written by alfiehitchie
THE MIRACLE WORKER (1962)
In 1962, after a year of playing these characters on Broadway, Patty Duke plays Helen Keller and Anne Bancroft plays her teacher Annie Sullivan on the big screen in the most well known version of the true story.
WAIT UNTIL DARK (1967)
Audrey Hepburn plays a blind woman in the eery first of many movies to feature the lead blind person stalked and hunted by a killer. And as an added eery suspenseful bonus, the viewers know what’s going on from the beginning as we get to watch the characters try to figure it out.
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE (1972)
In 1972, Eddie Albert’s son (Edward Albert) plays a blind guy trying to live on his own, when he meets the girl next door played by Goldie Hawn. Then his mother shows up to screw over their relationship.
ICE CASTLES (1978)
The ultimate mushy love story about a blind ice skater.
Pull your hankies out, girls.
THE MIRACLE WORKER (1979 TV Movie)
In 1979, Melissa Gilbert from “Little House on the Prairie” now plays Helen Keller.
Patty Duke, who played Helen Keller in the 1962 movie, now plays her teacher Annie Sullivan.
Together they form a friendship so powerful, Patty Duke constantly guest-stars in Melissa’s TV Movies.
IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR (1982)
Marc Singer from “V” and “The Beastmaster” tries his hand at real drama by playing a blind man, and actually pulls it off.
Based on the true story of Tom Sullivan.
HELEN KELLER: THE MIRACLE CONTINUES (1984 TV Movie)
Blythe Danner and Mare Winningham play Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller.
In typical 1984 TV Movie fashion, Perry King guest-stars.
MONDAY AFTER THE MIRACLE (1998 TV Movie)
Taking place after “The Miracle Worker” ends, this movie shows what happens when both Helen Keller AND her teacher Annie Sullivan BOTH fall in love with the same man. What the hell?
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