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Poison Ivy

Name: Poison Ivy
Duration: 12 min

Richard James Martin

1979 | 12 min

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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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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