Poison Ivy

Year Published: 1980

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Sixty-six-year old Ivy Granstron jogs, skis, bowls and gardens and does carpentry work. Sometimes she walks into a wall. Due to insufficient care at birth, she has only 4 1/2 vision, but she doesn’t let blindness interfere with her life. She practices the art of ‘mind over eyes’.

Complete Record: Tells about Ivy Granstrom, nicknamed Poison Ivy, who has only two and one half percent vision yet manages to lead an energetic life. Shows her now at sixty-six years of age, jogging, gardening and skiing. Emphasizes how she expresses her approach to life, as she says, the best way she knows how.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQBPTpU5TSY

Metadata Source:YouTube

2 users have this film:
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, National Film Board of Canada

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