JANUARY 29-31, 2010
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TEMPE, ARIZONA
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Blind Skier's Edge
BLIND SKIER'S EDGE
(USA) Director: Erik Weihenmayer
Documentary, English, 19 minutes
SYNOPSIS
This documentary showcases blind skiing and guiding, and an innovative skiing technique for the blind pioneered by Erik and Jeff Ulrich, his guide. In this method, the guide models round carving turns by skiing in front and calling three-part commands. Erik and Jeff lead ski clinics around the country, teaching their approach to ski instructors and veterans blinded in the recent conflicts.
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer: Erik Weihenmayer
Director: Michael Brown
Editor: Lam Nguyen, Megan Leigh Sweeney
In collaboration with the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University, the Different From What? Film Festival has been made possible by seed grants from p.a.v.e., the arts entrepreneurship program of the ASU School of Theatre and Film and the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education.
Web Design by Lisa Tolentino.