“Looking Up”: Audio Described Documentary Film Screening with Director Q&A

We are honored to invite you to a special screening and Q&A of the documentary film “Looking Up" featuring Director Elena Neuman Lefkowitz.  

“Looking Up” is the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man facing encroaching blindness, as he takes on the challenge of climbing the world’s most epic granite wall, El Capitan. Diagnosed with RP at the age of 20, Eitan faces the reality of a life without eyesight. Retinitis Pigmentosa, or RP, is a very rare and incurable genetic disease that gradually causes blindness over time. With about 5% of his central vision remaining, Eitan decides to challenge himself and ascend Yosemite’s daunting El Capitan. Refusing to be limited by his limitations, Eitan’s journey demonstrates that life has endless possibilities for those who approach it with positivity and resilience. 

In “Looking Up”, Eitan lets go of everything he can’t control and focuses on what he can. Throughout Eitan’s journey, we come to appreciate the strength of character of a young man who has been dealt a bad hand and refuses to sink into despair. The film showcases Eitan’s resilience, great sense of humor, and grit.