Film review: Blind Ambition follows an unexpected wine-tasting team

, a by-the-numbers documentary that succeeds on the strength of its subject matter. In 2017, four Zimbabwean refugees living in South Africa got together to compete in the prestigious World Blind Wine Tasting Championship in Burgundy, France.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

But the heart of the doc is Joseph, Marlvin, Pardon and Tinashe, who relate their stories of leaving Zimbabwe in the hopes of a better life in South Africa, only to face violence and discrimination in their newly adopted homeland. It’s an all-too-familiar tale of displacement and trauma, but any bitterness is more than dispelled by the doc’s tone. Notes of joy, ambition, triumph and perseverance.

Blind Ambition opens Oct. 7 in Toronto, Oct. 12 in St. Catharines, Oct. 14 in London, Oct. 20 at the Barrie Film Festival, Oct. 21 in Vancouver, Oct. 27 at the Devour! Food Film Festival in Halifax, and Oct. 27 at the Windsor Film Festival.

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