The subject of the documentary will attend the screening on Friday, August 10 @ 5:30 @ the Paff Theatre, University of Rhode Island, Feinstein Providence Campus, 80 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903 -- This will be the first time she will view the film and she will join the Q&A after the screening.  Go to www.film-festival.org and enter I Once Was Blind into the festival search engine to purchase tickets and view pictures taken from the film.

The documentary I Once Was Blind witnesses the transformation of a young woman as she battles for her life and independence over a period of almost 10 years.  With humor and faith she wrestles blindness, kidney failure and the discovery of her new husband