Documentary film on young blind chess players

Documentary film on young blind chess players
Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:10

Chennai: Four years in the making, a unique film is nearing completion. A British filmmaker, Ian McDonald, and an Indian team have come together to make the first ever feature documentary on Blind Chess.

This documentary on young blind chess players from India will be announced at the valedictory function of the IBCA Chess Olympiad in Chennai on August 19. The filmmaker will be felicitated at the function.

The film revolves around a group of boys In India, dream of becoming Chess Masters, driven by a man with a vision. But this is no ordinary chess and these are no ordinary players. Algorithms is a documentary on the thriving but little known world of Blind Chess in India.

Filmed over three years from just before the World Junior Blind Chess Championship in Sweden in 2009 to just after the next championship in Greece in 2011, it follows three talented boys from different parts of India and a totally blind player turned pioneer who not only aims to situate India on a global stage but also wants all blind children to play chess.

Algorithms travels with the chess players to competitive tournaments and visits them in their home milieu where they reveal their struggles, anxieties and hopes. It moves through the algorithms of the blind chess world reminding the sighted of what it means to see. Gentle and subtle, this observational sport doc with a difference elicits hidden realms of subjectivity. It allows for the tactile and thoughtful journey that explores foresight, sight and vision to continue long after the moving image ends.

Algorithms is the first ever feature documentary on Blind Chess.

Source: http://www.indiansportsnews.com