It premiered at 2006 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in the category Real to Reel.

Blindsight follows six Tibetan teenagers on their journey to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri mountain in the shadow of Mount Everest, a challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.

The children are at times feared by their parents, scorned by villagers and deemed sinners by devout followers of Buddhism, and believed to be cursed.

Erik arrives in Lhasa and helps the students and their educators climb higher than they have ever been before.

[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 72 out of 100, based on 12 reviews.