The Santa Fe Film Festival’s media partners, RCR News Media and Focus on New Mexico’s entertainment reporter and host, Madison Brodsky, talked to AJ Martinson, director of “The End of Blindness” – an official feature film selection in the 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival.
Dr. Samuel Bora is the only ophthalmologist for over 3 million people living in rural Ethiopia. His mission: end all preventable blindness in the country.
Join the Santa Fe Film Festival for a special event at the screening of “The End of Blindness” + Special Presentation following at the Santa Fe Film Festival
Enjoy the film and stick around for a special Q&A and presentation with director AJ Martinson and Tropical Health Alliance Foundation (THAF) ophthalmologist Dr. Jim Guzek to learn more about Dr. Samuel’s work and how THAF is continuing his mission beyond The End of Blindness.
Highlighted topics will include:
- How Dr. Samuel handled COVID
- How Dr. Samuel is handling the civil war in Ethiopia
- Young future ophthalmologists Dr. Samuel has inspired
- Dr. Larry Thomas’s passing
- The future of the eye program (expansion into Sudan) etc.
- Call to Action
Get your tickets here https://bit.ly/SFFFEndofBlindness
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This film is produced by AJ Martinson, watch this interview with him and learn more about this worthy cause and get your tickets to the Festival and find out more about how you can get involved.
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