Shot in the Dark (2017)
• January 19th, 2017 • 1h 19min
Documentary
Overview
Shot in the Dark is a documentary on three blind photographers: Pete Eckert, Sonia Soberats and Bruce Hall. A documentary on three blind people who devote their lives to creating images. What do they see in their mind's eyes? Do they sense that which we sighted miss, overlook, or don't take into consideration? Their images, as we sighted can see, are extraordinary. "Even with no input the brain keeps creating images," says Pete Eckert. Sonia Soberats states, "I only understood how powerful light is after I went blind." Shot in the Dark is a journey into an unfamiliar yet fascinating realm. "My camera is like a bridge," claims Bruce Hall. All these photographers embrace fantasy, chance, and contingency at a fundamental level. Shot in the Dark enriches our understanding of perception and creation. We all close our eyes in sleep, the sighted and blind alike, and in our dreams - we see.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Not Everything Is Black
Released on: 2019-10-25
Documentary
Six blind people around the world are given a camera and asked to take photos of whatever they like.
Sabine Weiss, One Century of Photography
Released on: 2023-08-26
Documentary
In nearly a century, Sabine Weiss (1924-2021) has left behind a monumental and eclectic work: thousa...
Paris in the Belle Epoque
Released on: 2019-03-31
Documentary, History, TV Movie
The Bokelberg photographic collection brings to life the Paris of the Belle Époque (1871-1914), an e...
Standard Operating Procedure
Released on: 2008-02-12
Documentary, War
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S...
The Body of Emmett Till
Released on: 2016-07-17
Documentary, History, Crime
Emmett Till was brutally killed in the summer of 1955. At his funeral, his mother forced the world t...
Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
Released on: 2012-03-31
Documentary
This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading pre...
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
Released on: 1983-01-01
Documentary
An unconventional portrait of painter Frida Kahlo and photographer Tina Modotti. Simple in style but...
A Story from Africa
Released on: 2019-02-07
Documentary
Following the 1884–85 Berlin Conference resolution on the partition of Africa, the Portuguese army u...
While You Were Sleeping – The Documentary
Released on: 2021-03-31
Documentary
"When I first started to photograph in dark and unfamiliar places all over Singapore in 2003, I had ...
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Released on: 2005-09-13
Documentary, Music
Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and ...
Riverboom
Released on: 2024-09-25
Documentary, Comedy
In the year following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, young journalist Claude Baechtold finds himself in...
Comprehensive School
Released on: 1962-03-13
Documentary
The joys of 1960s modern education - as seen at a not-exactly-typical local comp.
The Illumination
Released on: 2017-04-06
Documentary
When Gordon Gund went blind in 1970 at age 30 due to retinitis pigmentosa, he resolved to find a cur...
Everything at Once (Paco & Manolo's Gaze)
Released on: 2021-04-08
Documentary
Paco and Manolo are two Catalan photographers from the outskirts of Barcelona who have been working ...
In search of urbex
Released on: 2022-11-03
Documentary, TV Movie
There are places in the world that are forgotten by everyone, places where time seems to have stoppe...
In the Theatre of the Gogs
Released on: 2021-06-03
Adventure, Documentary
A contemplation of art and adventure in the southern wilds of New Zealand by both a landscape photog...
Cameramen at War
Released on: 1943-01-01
Documentary, War
A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a co...