Light Darkness Light

USA2024documentary83'Docs+Science

The world is as it is felt by the senses. The perception of the world is the result of data processing occurring in our minds. An objective world does not exist. Extra-subjective memories do not exist. The above statements, quite obvious to neuroscientists, find a poignant illustration in Landon Van Soest’s film. The director accompanies blind pastor Ian Nichols as he undergoes the pioneering procedure of an implant insertion to stimulate the optic nerve. The darkness in which the protagonist was immersed for decades is brilliantly illuminated, but in a way that is surprising, painful and verifies his original expectations.