Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Sixty-six-year-old Ivy Granstrom jogs, skis, bowls, gardens and does carpentry work. Sometimes she walks into a wall. Due to insufficient care at birth, she enjoys only 4.5% vision, but she doesn't let blindness interfere with her life. She practises the art of "mind over eyes."

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Poison Ivy, Richard James Martin, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Richard James Martin
  • editing
    Richard James Martin
  • producer
    Jack Long
  • executive producer
    John Taylor
  • photography
    Jan-Marie Martell
  • sound
    Larry Sutton
  • sound editing
    John Knight
  • re-recording
    Barry P. Jones

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