An
intensely fascinating look into the development of Braille as six blind
musicians bring to life the poem “Hope” written by Emily Dickinson. The
director travels to Paris and England to uncover the various schools
that invented systems of reading for the blind. Valentin Haüy was the founder, in 1784, of the first school for the blind, the
Royal Institution for the Young Blind in Paris.
In 1819, Louis Braille attended the prestigious
institute.
Now Braille has the name of the school there.
We meet all the artists and
witness them talk about the effects of being a blind musician, and how the
technological advances of Braille allow for inter-global sharing of music via
the Internet and Braille music. The
immense legacy of Braille culminates in a work written by the clarinettist in
the group in honour of the master. They learn the piece and record it the same
day. This film is in 4 “bars” explores the development of teaching music to the
blind, (House travels to discover how this started and where it ended up);
meeting blind piano tuners, meeting the musicians, and following the challenges
each has to bring “Hope” to its musical recording. An excellent documentary
that all should see, and hopefully it will be transposed into Braille so that
the blind can actually hear and “watch” this film too. (Screened at FIFA).
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