Beyond The Light                                           

"One of the best films I've seen in my life."
(Carole Rosenberg, Executive Director of the Havana Film Festival NY)

Category: documentary
(Color-NTSC / 82 min. / Brazil and USA - 2010)

Synopsis: Beyond the Light takes us into the universe of the visually impaired through seven Brazilian blind people.  In upbeat accounts, they expose their difficulties, joys, dreams and emotions and show that the road to a better life is through education and information.  The importance of Louis Braille in this process is crucial and so Goulart also goes to France to tell the story of this renowned man, who invented a simple and useful writing system, which opened the doors of knowledge to all those who can’t see.

Production: Goulart Filmes and Avanturi Productions
Executive producers: Marcelo Nigri and Nayglon Goulart
Producers: Marcelo Nigri, Nayglon Goulart and Ivy Goulart
Director and screenwriter: Ivy Goulart
Photography: Ivy Goulart
B&W photographs: Walter Carvalho
Editing and research: Ivy Goulart and Marcelo Nigri
Sound operator: Nayglon Goulart
Sound recording: Timothy Korn
Re-recording mixer: Tim Starnes
Color correction: Simone M. Bueno
Narration: Ivy Goulart
Interviewees: Laélio Inácio, Vilmar Dal Toè, Francisco de Assis Domingos, Alexandre Rzatki, Vanderlei Pereira, Manoel de Souza, Maria da Gloria Almeida, Valnei Teixeira, Albertina Pessoa Domingos, Susan Pereira, Rosimeri de Fátima Dal Toè, Eulália Pereira Inácio and Claudia Rodrigues
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos, by Aldo Baldin
Art designer: Luciane Nardi

Accessibility   

Portuguese (original audio, audio description and subtitles)
Audio description consultant: Ana Fátima Berquó
Audio description: Cleide Klock

English (voice-over, audio description and subtitles)
Casting producer: Marcelo Nigri
Audio description: Allie Bethea
Narration: Josh Philip Weinstein
Voice-over of interviewees: George Shepherd (Laélio Inácio), Tom Shewchuk (Vilmar Dal Toè), Rhasaan Oyasaba Manning (Francisco de Assis Domingos), Mike Catapano (Alexandre Rzatki), Guilherme Parreiras (Vanderlei Pereira), Morris Mandell (Manoel de Souza), Hilma Falkowski (Maria da Gloria Almeida), Stephen Moskovitz (Valnei Teixeira), Minna Taylor (Albertina Pessoa Domingos), Susan Pereira (herself), De Anne Dubin (Rosimeri de Fátima Dal Toè), Cathy Figuccio (Eulália Pereira Inácio) and Laura Augeri (Claudia Rodrigues)
Translation: Marcelo Nigri and Robert McCullough

French (voice-over, audio description and subtitles)
French coproduction of voice-over: Association Sol do Sul
Coproducer of voice-over: Jaqueline Dreyer
Casting producers: Tanise Dreyer Ramos and Marcelo Nigri
Audio description: Francine Baudelot
Narration: Pascal Yen-Pfister
Voice-over of interviewees: Damien Luce (Laélio Inácio), Ivan Magrin-Chagnolleau (Vilmar Dal Toè), Stephane Mano Christian (Franciso de Assis Domingos), Eric Gandré (Alexandre Rzatki), Olivier Szlos (Vanderlei Pereira), Guy Rieutord (Manoel de Souza), Annette Morvan (Maria da Gloria Almeida), Sandro Maquiné de Souza (Valnei Teixeira), Ketty Ignam (Albertina Pessoa Domingos), Ilona Knopfler (Susan Pereira), Sylvie Fraissé (Rosimeri de Fátima Dal Toè), Ghislaine Joubaud (Eulália Pereira Inácio) and Cecile Leprout (Claudia Rodrigues)
Translation: Jeanne Roeder and Dermival Furtado Costa

Spanish (original audio and subtitles)
Translation: Simone M. Bueno

Chinese (original audio and subtitles)
Translation: Clara G. Starnes and Raquel Martins

Screenings

Special:

• UNESCO – Special French Voice-Over Screening (Paris, November 2010);
• Federal Senate of Brazil – Week Honoring Persons with Disabilities (Brasília, Brazil, December 2009);
• United Nations – International Day of Persons with Disabilities (New York, December 2009).

Festivals:

• The Way We Live – 5^th International Film Festival about Disability (São Paulo, October 2011 / Brasília, September 2011 / Rio de Janeiro, August 2011);
• BRAPEQ Brazilian Cinema Festival (Beijing, China, November 2010);
• 34th São Paulo International Film Festival (São Paulo, October 2010);
• Ethnography Film Festival of Recife (Recife, Brazil, September 2010);
• Mexico International Film Festival 2010 (Rosarito, Mexico, May 2010);
• 11th Havana Film Festival New York – Official Selection (New York, April 2010);
• 9th Picture This...International Disability Film Festival (Calgary, Canada, February 2010).

Awards

• Special Award by Popular Jury – BRAPEQ Brazilian Cinema Festival (Beijing, China, November 2010);
• Golden Palm Award – Mexico International Film Festival 2010 (Rosarito, Mexico, May 2010).

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