LookingUP Documentary Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare & incurable genetic disease that gradually causes blindness over time, Eitan Armon discovered his condition while serving as a military sharpshooter. After receiving a medical discharge and with about 5% of his central vision remaining, Eitan decides to challenge himself and ascend Yosemite's daunting El Capitan. Refusing to be limited by his visual disability, Eitan's journey demonstrates that life has endless possibilities for those who approach it with positivity and resilience. In Looking Up, Eitan lets go of everything he can’t control and focuses on what he can. Looking Up is a doc directed by indie filmmaker Elena Neuman Lefkowitz.
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00:00Where's Zodiac?
00:06It is 7 New York Street blocks, 1,800 feet to the top.
00:11Can you see it?
00:16Not really.
00:18You called me 2, 3 in the morning and you were just crying.
00:22Something's wrong with my vision, I'm not seeing things right.
00:26Retinitis pigmentosa is a loss of peripheral vision.
00:31I can see a little bit.
00:32Not really.
00:33Keep going, keep going.
00:35Now.
00:37Have you heard of El Cap in Yosemite?
00:39A friend's dad thinks that I might be able to join him for the trip.
00:43Does he know your scope of vision?
00:46I think there is a way for us to do this climb that could be safe for you.
00:50If I don't see something, that's where things can go wrong.
00:53You have challenged yourself a lot, but this seems like a different level.
00:59That is one.
01:00Oops, sorry.
01:01Ready?
01:02We're going to find out.
01:06I'm going to leave the ground.
01:08You just have to have mental and emotional toughness.
01:12But I think you're pretty tough.
01:18When we accept and embrace painful emotions, we can choose to make the best of things that happen.
01:25Let go of everything that you cannot control and just focus on what you can.
01:30Look at me!
01:31May I?
01:32Yes, you may.
01:34We don't have a piece that we need to lead the last few pitches.
01:38Things did not go according to plan.
01:40I'm not really worried.
01:41I think people are worried at how not worried you are.
01:44As a father, you just feel like you've let your kid down.
01:47You've never, ever let me down.
01:49Part of life is challenging yourself and sometimes being scared and doing things you haven't done before.
01:54Sitting around waiting for something to change shows a lack of appreciation for what I do have.
02:07I used the pee bottle.
02:08Yeah?
02:09And for the first time, I took an L-Crap.
02:11Oh, yeah?
02:12Yeah.
02:13It's a poo with a view.
02:14It's a view for everybody in the Valley.