Going Blind Movie
Going Blind: Coming Out of the Dark About Vision Loss tells the stories of everyday people and the heroic efforts they make to live in today’s world with vision loss. Peabody award winning Director, Joseph Lovett tells this story with a very personal appeal as he reveals his diagnosis of glaucoma, a disease that robs 4.5 million people worldwide of their vision. Watch the movie below:
About Joseph F. Lovett
Joseph F. Lovett was a veteran documentarian for ABC, CBS, HBO, and the Discovery Channel. He raised awareness of critical social issues throughout his career. After producing the first investigations on AIDS for ABC’s 20/20, Lovett created IN A NEW LIGHT (ABC), a series of annual AIDS outreach and entertainment specials. In 2001, Joe’s CANCER: EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION and outreach for HBO won a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination.
Lovett Productions, opened in 1989, produced over 35 hours of programming for prime time television and award-winning independent films that inform, inspire, and compel people into action, including his films GOING BLIND, GAY SEX IN THE 70s, and CHILDREN OF THE INQUISITION; all have been utilized by a plethora of universities and community organizations.
In 2014, he founded and served as president of A Closer Look, Inc., a nonprofit organization that created and disseminated creative media & interactive expert-led discussions and workshops on trauma-focused themes. For a decade under his lead, the nonprofit fulfilled its mission utilizing his previous works as well as new ones—SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED TO JOEY and MEDITATION ON A SHOESTRING—for educational outreach.
Lovett passed away on July 14th, 2025.