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After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.

John M. Hull
Himself (voice)

Marilyn Hull
Herself (voice)

Dan Renton Skinner
John Hull

Simone Kirby
Marilyn Hull

Eileen Davies
Madge Hull

David Hobbs
Jack Hull

Victoria Wicks
Librarian

Jamie Bradley
Faith Healer
Imogen Hull
Herself (voice)
Thomas Hull
Himself (voice)
Notes on Blindness is a drama, documentary film released in 2016 exploring themes of biography, reenactment, blindness, 1980s. Directed by James Spinney, it stars John M. Hull, Marilyn Hull, Dan Renton Skinner. After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.
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