SIGHT film earns top reviews in debut: ‘Theme of overcoming our past is universal’
Story by Jenny Goldsberry, May 26, 2024, Washington Examiner
Angel Studios’s latest film release, SIGHT, received high reviews while garnering over $1 million in its debut weekend.
SIGHT centers on the life and career of eye surgeon Dr. Ming Wang, who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Wang attended Harvard and MIT and went on to treat cataract cases via LASIK surgery. He has since established the Wang Vision Institute and the charity Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration.
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‘Sight’ highlights the journey and faith of an Asian American medical hero who helped the blind see
By Jevon Phillips, Multiplatform Editor, May 25, 2024, Los Angeles Times
Dr. Wang (Terry Chen) and Dr. Bartnovsky (Greg Kinnear) in “Sight.” (Courtesy of Angel Studios)
When Dr. Ming Wang came to the United States in 1982 at 21 years old, he had nothing but $50 and a Chinese-to-English translation book. He had just survived the violent cultural revolution in China — including the loss of a dear friend — during which the government had shut down most of the universities in the country.
Restoring ‘Sight’, One Child at a Time
By Karen Shih, May 24, 2024, Maryland Today.
As a teenager in China during the Cultural Revolution, Ming Wang Ph.D. ’86 faced a bleak future. The government had shut down all colleges and universities. Twenty million youths like him were being sent to rural labor camps. To try to save him from that fate, his parents pushed him to learn Chinese dance and musical instruments, hoping he could instead join a government dance troupe.
Dr. Ming Wang And Terry Chen Talk "Amazing Opportunity" and "Hope" Behind 'SIGHT'
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