Storyville
Season 13 Episode 16 - Blindsight
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, this documentary follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri, on the north side of Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind. Believed by many Tibetans to be possessed by demons, the children are shunned by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken, a blind educator and adventurer who established the first school for the blind in Lhasa, the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his conquest of Everest. Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her students to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The resulting three-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted.
Episodes in Season 13
Blast!
80 min
Fashion Victim
60 min
Wild Art: Olly and Suzi Paint Predators
60 min
Heavy Load
60 min
Prostitution Behind the Veil
50 min
Ghosts of the 7th Cavalry
90 min
Maradona: In the Hands of the Gods
90 min
Bulletproof Salesman
60 min
Robert Capa - In Love and War
50 min
The Children's Ward
60 min
The Jazz Baroness
80 min
Up for Debate - Team Qatar
90 min
The Baby and the Buddha
90 min
The Jew who Dealt with Nazis - Killing Kasztner
90 min
The Genius and the Boys
80 min
Blindsight
100 min
Angels of Rio
60 min
The Trials of Oppenheimer
90 min
The Time of their Lives
60 min
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
90 min
Man on Wire
85 min
The Baby and the Buddha
59 min
Napoli - City of the Damned
70 min
Roman Polanski - Wanted and Desired
85 min
Men of the City
60 min
War Heroes - Section 60 Arlington Cemetery
60 min
Hi Society - The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam
60 min
Survivors: The Horse Boy
60 min
Simon Mann's African Coup: Black Beach
60 min
The Age of Stupid
85 min