By NANCY FLORY Published on May 23, 2024, Stream.org
A new historical drama releasing this Memorial Day weekend is based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, following the arc of his life as a young Chinese boy born into poverty to becoming a world-renowned eye surgeon in the U.S. Set in 1970s China as well as years later in the U.S., Sight alternates between the story of Wang growing up poor and Wang as an eye surgeon, helping the less fortunate regain their vision. It will release May 24 to theaters nationwide.
By Bill Newcott, The Saturday Evening Post
Sight dramatizes the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, who survived China’s Cultural Revolution, escaped to the United States, and became a world-renowned eye surgeon.
Read more: Review: Sight — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
By Glenn Kenny, May 23, 2024. The New York Times
Based on the real life of the pioneering ophthalmologist Ming Wang, this movie follows the character’s struggle to see inside himself.
Terry Chen, left, and Greg Kinnear in “Sight,” directed by Andrew Hyatt.
Ming Wang, the real-life physician whose biography is the basis for this fictional feature, is a Nashville-based ophthalmologist whose degree in laser physics has presumably been a boon in his work restoring sight to visually impaired patients, many of whom are children.
Read more: ‘Sight’ Review: An Eye Doctor’s (Inner) Journey From China
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