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"The film brought the Center immediate
attention—visitors, donations, the establishment
of programs, some of which went on for years. The
capacity of film to change consciousness has always
been clear; what had not been so clear to me
previously was the extent to which film can be a
service as well as a record....And watching
people's responses to particular moments
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is also a source of research
data. In one scene, an older woman without a
partner dances tentatively at first, then picks up
momentum and ends up dancing with great verve....It
is an emblematic moment in which one can see the
crystallization of years of experience: the steps,
leading up to the courage to be so alive though
alone, are laid out like pebbles marking a
path."
"Audiences of all ages and both sexes
often gasp at that image. And Gita, the proud
ballerina who is accompanied in her dance by her
blind husband, becomes another such emblem. He
holds her wrist with reverence, and it is evident
that he still sees her beauty....At this instant,
the Center is no longer a miniature arena; it
swells to become as immense as the grandest stage
in one of life's most exalted enterprises. The
common human impulse for beauty and an exhibition
of grace are identified; the couple is not any
longer cute or endearing but magnificent. Such a
transformation can only be felt through
film..."
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