Documentaries Tagged “Extraordinary People”
The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
Ben Underwood lives with his family in the suburbs of Sacramento, California where he attends his local high school. Like any other 14-year-old boy, he loves to play with his friends and chat to girls his age, with whom he seems popular. He looks like any other boy, until he removes his $4,600, hand-crafted eyes. Ben is blind and, like...
Extraordinary People: The Girl Who Makes Miracles
Extraordinary People: The Girl Who Makes Miracles
At the age of 3 Audrey Marie Santo fell into the family swimming pool and, following doctors botched attempts to revive her, fell into a coma-like state referred to as ‘akinetic mutism’. Audrey had been brought up a Catholic and in her bedroom there are numerous icons and statues of the saints and the Virgin. On her return from hospita...
Extraordinary People: The Girl Who Survived Rabies
Extraordinary People: The Girl Who Survived Rabies
Four years after she nearly died from rabies, Jeanna Giese is being heralded as the first person known to have survived the virus without receiving a preventative vaccine. But Giese (pronounced Gee-See) says she would gladly share that honor with others if only doctors could show that the treatment used to save her could spare other vi...
Kim Peek: The Real Rain Man
Kim Peek: The Real Rain Man
Kim Peek, the genius who inspired Dustin Hoffman’s character in Rain Man, has died from a heart attack at the age of 58. Kim Peek was classed as a mega-savant and had memorized 12,000 books, including the entire Bible, but had difficulty with ordinary tasks like getting dressed and combing his hair. His astonishing abilities included b...
Extraordinary People: The Million Dollar Mind Reader
Extraordinary People: The Million Dollar Mind Reader
Derek Ogilvie says he can read the minds of infants who are too young to communicate verbally.
Now he agrees to undergo a series of controlled experiments to test the limits of his alleged abilities.
He even faces the ultimate sceptic in the form of James Randi, an investigator of the paranormal who has offered $1million to anyone ...
Extraordinary People: The Boy Who Sees With No Eyes
Extraordinary People: The Boy Who Sees With No Eyes
This is a documentary about a boy (Ben Underwood) who has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world. Ben Underwood is blind, but has managed to do some truly extraordinary feats.