Dispensing Optician Subject Guide

The incredible true story of Dr. Samuel Bora, the only ophthalmologist for 3 million people in rural Ethiopia. Dedicating his life to serving the poor in his country, he performs up to 60 free cataract surgeries a day for those who would be forgotten.

As life expectancy increases, the power of sight is dwindling and diseases that threaten blindness are becoming more and more likely for everyone. With modern knowledge, research is fighting against vision loss and is finding enhancements for future vision. With red light glasses, contact lenses for presbyopia or bionic chip implants, the research approaches in this film show how people's sight can be maintained or regained using complex but also very simple means.

Sight is arguably the most important sense. It translates light using photons into electrical pulses and travels into the visual cortex of the brains. This one-hour documentary looks at the science, medicine, and technology of vision and the individuals who are battling blindness disorders.