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Blind Film Club: What Did 'Ray' Do for Blind People?

Blind Film Club: What Did 'Ray' Do for Blind People?

Update: 2021-05-18
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Ray came out in 2004 to accolades and, eventually, after the passing of the real Ray Charles that same year, took home Oscars for best film, best director, best actor and more. But what does Ray get right, and wrong, about what it's like to be blind? As one of the most famous portrayals of blindness, this is a pressing question, and so we invited back our blind film club – Sheri Wells-Jensen, Andrew Leland and Byron Harden – to help unpack it.

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Blind Film Club: What Did 'Ray' Do for Blind People?

Blind Film Club: What Did 'Ray' Do for Blind People?