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01/01/1961 Documentary 0h 31m
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Overview

A BAFTA award nominated documentary film about life at Dorton House, a residential school for blind children in the UK.

  1. Henry Lewes

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-18
Introduced to Amanda, we join her at school assembly where an hymn in what looks like what was once a stately home is sung perfectly. No traditional hymnals, though - the children and their music teacher use Braille. During the singing, we take a quick look around the school and see classrooms for everything from sport to science - and they all look just the same as usual. Most of the teachers are sighted, but all are adept at teaching and reading the language of raised and sunken dots on a page that opens up a world of communication to the children. Learning to write is another, quite noisy, ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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