Another Blinding Documentary on Channel 4
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21157536 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Bradford (University of Sussex, corresponding author), John Hull (University of Birmingham), John M Hull (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-133 |
| Publication date | 2011-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Visual Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-4129 • E-ISSN: 1741-2994 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1470412910391599 |
| OpenAlex | W2313307740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
David Bradford is a 28-year-old freelance writer who is gradually losing his sight as a result of the genetic condition retinitis pigmentosa. He was recently approached by Channel 4 about the prospect of making a television documentary on the subject of his sight loss. In weighing up this proposition, David sought the opinion of the blind academic, John Hull. This is a transcript of the emails between David and John, in which they discuss the difficulties of dealing with blindness in a visual medium. Specifically, they share their frustration at the documentary maker’s insistence on representing blindness as a condition of deprivation in which the subject is compelled to seek solace from a nostalgic celebration of sight rather than exploring the phenomenology of blindness itself
Art · Blindness · Psychoanalysis · Sight · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Medicine · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Optometry
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |