'Blindness' film facing protest

Members of the US National Federation of the Blind (NFB) are planning to protest the release of Julianne Moore's new movie 'Blindness' - because the film portrays the blind as "monsters".

'Blindness' film facing protest

Members of the US National Federation of the Blind (NFB) are planning to protest the release of Julianne Moore's new movie 'Blindness' - because the film portrays the blind as "monsters".

The movie, a big-screen adaptation of Jose Saramago's 1995 book of the same name, is about a small town which is thrown into social chaos when the residents are hit by a sudden epidemic and go blind.

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