Can You See How I See
"Can You See How I See?" is a one-hour Visionalist Entertainment documentary about the world of the blind and visually impaired. These are men, women, and children who were born blind or who lost their sight through accident or disease. The film aired on the Michigan NBC affiliate WDIV-TV4 as a commercial free special. Excelling through disability is the heart of our journey, and through it, Visionalist Entertainment Productions follows the young and the old, the newly sightless and the veteran blind, the musicians and artists, the athletes, soldiers, and business leaders, who have succeeded in a world not made for them. We experience first-hand how the blind utilize their other senses, developing them to a level that the sighted my have difficulty comprehending. We follow touching stories from the special children's camp for the blind in western Michigan, Camp Tuhmeheta. We witness the training of international students at Leaderdogs for the Blind. Then we follow them back to their homes in Santiago Chile to see how their new partner impacts their lives. We spend time with blinded soldiers and war veterans as they rediscover their potential to be all that they can be. We try to keep up with Captain Ivan Castro, a blinded soldier in the Iraq war, as he completes the New York City Marathon and climbs 14,000 ft. mountains. We mingle backstage with the Grammy Award winning group, The Blind Boys of Alabama. All of this and more will be featured as we go behind the scenes to witness the unique magic of the sightless world. Our goal, through it all, is to see how they see.
Director/Producer Keith Famie is the founder of Visionalist Entertainment Productions, a documentary production company based in Michigan. For the last twelve years, Keith has been producing human interest and socially conscious style documentaries for PBS of Michigan. Their films have garnered them eleven Michigan Emmy’s and several nominations, as well as many other accolades. To learn more about the films Visionalist Entertainment Productions produces, please go to www.v-prod.com