"Sing Me A Fish: Tåîchô People Living With Vision Loss" is a new documentary film about vision loss in the Tåîchô community.

Award winning filmmaker Frank Jamison and Dr. Susan Ponchillia from Western Michigan University have worked together to show the challenges some Tåîchô people face when they have vision loss and how they are able to live independent lives even though they cannot see well. People from Behchoko and other communities are shown in the film, and most of the message is in their own words.

Vision loss happens at a higher than average rate in the Tåîchô community because many people are affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited eye condition. Two different types of RP are found in Behchoko and nearby communities because many people.

Dr. Ponchillia has worked with researchers and members of the Tåîchô community to develop a database that helps identify the possibility of being an RP carrier.  Her husband, Dr. Paul Ponchillia, is a totally blind professor who is a stone carver.  He will be teaching stone carving to Behchoko people with vision loss for the second time at a workshop being held May 13-20.

The film will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19th in the Behchoko Cultural Centre.