Stay Home & Watch: In The Dark

The Bigger Picture · Live & Learn · 22 Oct 2021 · 33 mins listen

It was World Sight Day on the 14th of October, a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment. In a similar vein, The 2018 short film "In The Dark" followed the daily lives, hopes and dreams of the visually-impaired, who live and work amongst the hustle and bustle of Brickfields, KL. The film is being re-released for this week's Weekend Watch with FreedomFilmFest and we find out more about the film and the different themes it tackles from the co-directors of the piece, Low Watan and Low Choon Chyuan.

Image credit: In The Dark film.

Produced by:

Juliet Jacobs

Presented by:

Juliet Jacobs

Categories:

Film,Education

Tags:

The Bigger Picture,Live & Learn,Freedom Film Festival,Freedom Film Network,visually impaired,World Sight Day,disability,Malaysian Association For The Blind

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