admin, Author at The End of Blindness https://theendofblindness.com/author/admin/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:16:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Best Feature Documentary: 2022 Santa Clarita International Film Festival https://theendofblindness.com/2022/12/19/best-feature-documentary-2022-santa-clarita-international-film-festival/ https://theendofblindness.com/2022/12/19/best-feature-documentary-2022-santa-clarita-international-film-festival/#respond Mon, 19 Dec 2022 22:12:11 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=777 The post Best Feature Documentary: 2022 Santa Clarita International Film Festival appeared first on The End of Blindness.

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The End of Blindness won Best Feature Documentary at the Santa Clarita International Film Festival! Accepting the award, AJ commented “Five years ago a bunch of distributors passed on this film and told me nobody would care about cataract surgery in Ethiopia. Tonight I think we finally proved them wrong”. This is the fourth major award for The End of Blindness.

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AJ Martinson won Best Direction for The End of Blindness at the 2022 LA Documentary Film Festival! Checkout what audience members thought about the film below:

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2022/09/28/best-director/feed/ 0 The End of Blindness in the Adventist Review https://theendofblindness.com/2022/01/11/adventist-review/ https://theendofblindness.com/2022/01/11/adventist-review/#respond Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:04:25 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=662 The Adventist Review released an article on The End of Blindness. Coming from an Adventist background, director AJ Martinson’s faith plays a strong role in his desire to create honest, uplifting, and emotionally impactful documentaries that make a positive impact on the world. Check out the full article at the link below! Read the full […]

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]]> The Adventist Review released an article on The End of Blindness. Coming from an Adventist background, director AJ Martinson’s faith plays a strong role in his desire to create honest, uplifting, and emotionally impactful documentaries that make a positive impact on the world.

Check out the full article at the link below!

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The End of Blindness will screen at the 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival this February. Ticketing information to be announced soon! Can’t wait till February? Watch the film today!

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/12/03/santa-fe/feed/ 0 Culture Honey’s Exclusive Interview with Dr. Samuel Bora https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/17/culture-honey/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/17/culture-honey/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:23:00 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=543 Culture Honey writer Brian Biery, reviewed The End of Blindness for their November edition and snagged an exclusive interview with Dr. Samuel Bora. Here’s our favorite question and his response: How did you become an ophthalmologist? After completing my undergraduate study I became a General Physician and started my work at Aira hospital where I […]

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]]> Culture Honey writer Brian Biery, reviewed The End of Blindness for their November edition and snagged an exclusive interview with Dr. Samuel Bora.

Here’s our favorite question and his response:

How did you become an ophthalmologist?

After completing my undergraduate study I became a General Physician and started my work at Aira hospital where I was born. During that time from 2001 to 2004 I had a chance to work with one of the health assistants who was taking care of ophthalmology cases, including cataract surgery.

I saw patients who came in led by relatives and then the day after surgery they were smiling and walking out of the hospital on their own. He even went on to tell me that the type of surgery done in Addis Ababa is far superior to what he did. So I asked him what it takes to do that kind of training. He said an MD (was required), so I felt very happy since I was able to fulfill that criteria.

Since that moment the idea to remove cataracts grew continuously in my heart, so I decided to go for ophthalmology. I thank my Lord as he helped me make that decision regardless of the challenges.

Thank God I studied ophthalmology. It happened that I enjoy and love doing cataract surgery and the Lord blessed my hand. So doing surgery is not a burden for me. I was born to a poor family and got the rarest chance (I believe it was a divine arrangement) to be a medical doctor and an eye surgeon.

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/17/culture-honey/feed/ 0 Jamie Roxx and AJ Talk About Giving Back, Cataract Surgery and Blindness in Ethiopia https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/roxx/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/roxx/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:05:13 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=538 Getting ready for Thanksgiving, pop art painter Jamie Roxx sat down with AJ Martinson on his live radio show Pop Roxx Radio to talk about the film, cataract surgery in Ethiopia, and how we can give back to others this Thanksgiving weekend. Listen to the whole interview on Spotify below: Read the full article here. […]

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]]> Getting ready for Thanksgiving, pop art painter Jamie Roxx sat down with AJ Martinson on his live radio show Pop Roxx Radio to talk about the film, cataract surgery in Ethiopia, and how we can give back to others this Thanksgiving weekend. Listen to the whole interview on Spotify below:

Read the full article here. | Watch The End of Blindness today! | Help Someone See Again Today

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/roxx/feed/ 0 AJ & Jordan-Luke McDonald Discuss the Filmmaking Process for a Movie on Cataract Surgery in Ethiopia https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/jlm/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/jlm/#respond Tue, 16 Nov 2021 21:30:34 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=502 Film critic Jordan-Luke McDonald sat down with AJ Martinson to talk about the process of filming The End of Blindness and its transformation from a short film for Tropical Health Alliance Foundation to a feature length documentary. “His story just completely captivated and inspired me when I met him. I realized after about 10 minutes […]

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]]> Film critic Jordan-Luke McDonald sat down with AJ Martinson to talk about the process of filming The End of Blindness and its transformation from a short film for Tropical Health Alliance Foundation to a feature length documentary.

“His story just completely captivated and inspired me when I met him. I realized after about 10 minutes of talking to him that this wasn’t a two-minute promotional piece; this was a full-length feature documentary that the world needed to see.”

Director AJ Martinson

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/16/jlm/feed/ 0 Eva Trieger Praises Dr. Samuel’s Cataract Surgery https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/15/eva-trieger-of-san-diego-jewish-world-praises-end-of-blindness-and-dr-samuels-cataract-surgery/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/15/eva-trieger-of-san-diego-jewish-world-praises-end-of-blindness-and-dr-samuels-cataract-surgery/#respond Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:41:01 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=491 Journalist Eva Trieger praised Dr. Samuel’s cataract surgery in Ethiopia and the movie in her article for San Diego Jewish World, an online publication: “The film is a beautiful testament to the human spirit and a reminder of what we are capable of when we work together towards an end goal. The 55-minute documentary is […]

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]]> Journalist Eva Trieger praised Dr. Samuel’s cataract surgery in Ethiopia and the movie in her article for San Diego Jewish World, an online publication:

“The film is a beautiful testament to the human spirit and a reminder of what we are capable of when we work together towards an end goal. The 55-minute documentary is worth seeing more than once as it is filled with surprising statistics, but more because it is suffused with compassion in motion.”

Eva Trieger – San Diego Jewish World

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/15/eva-trieger-of-san-diego-jewish-world-praises-end-of-blindness-and-dr-samuels-cataract-surgery/feed/ 0 Mike & Andy Hang with AJ to Talk About Cataract Surgery and The End of Blindness https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/14/mikenandy/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/14/mikenandy/#respond Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:02:58 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=483 AJ Martinson was on Hanging with Mike and Andy to talk about The End of Blindness and share how Dr. Samuel’s work has inspired a young woman in Ethiopia to become an Ophthalmologist and follow in his footsteps. Watch the snippet here: Watch the full interview below or listen on iTunes:

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]]> AJ Martinson was on Hanging with Mike and Andy to talk about The End of Blindness and share how Dr. Samuel’s work has inspired a young woman in Ethiopia to become an Ophthalmologist and follow in his footsteps.

Watch the snippet here:

Watch the full interview below or listen on iTunes:

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]]> https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/14/mikenandy/feed/ 0 Eshaan M. Interviews Director AJ Martinson About the Film & Dr. Samuel’s Cataract Surgery in Ethiopia https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/13/eshaan-m-interviews-director-aj-martinson-about-the-film-dr-samuels-cataract-surgery-in-ethiopia/ https://theendofblindness.com/2021/11/13/eshaan-m-interviews-director-aj-martinson-about-the-film-dr-samuels-cataract-surgery-in-ethiopia/#respond Sat, 13 Nov 2021 19:33:59 +0000 https://theendofblindness.com/?p=479 Freelance journalist and Time for Kids reporter Eshaan Mani sat down to catch up with Director AJ Martinson about The End of Blindness for Kids First, a nonprofit coalition for quality children’s media that rates and endorses films, TV shows and other digital media using volunteer community-based juries of adults and children from diverse backgrounds. […]

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]]> Freelance journalist and Time for Kids reporter Eshaan Mani sat down to catch up with Director AJ Martinson about The End of Blindness for Kids First, a nonprofit coalition for quality children’s media that rates and endorses films, TV shows and other digital media using volunteer community-based juries of adults and children from diverse backgrounds.

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