Rich Washburn, 917society.org

At the heart of the The 917 Society mission is a simple but powerful goal: place pocket copies of the United States Constitution directly into the hands of America’s eighth-grade students.

For Dr. Ming Wang, that mission is deeply personal. As president of the organization’s Founders Club and a longtime supporter of the effort, Dr. Wang brings a perspective shaped not only by his professional accomplishments, but by his life story as an immigrant who experienced life without freedom before discovering it in America.

Robert Stringfellow, March 1, 2026, Nashville Christian Family

On 3/3/26 Tues 11:45am, at TN State Library and Archives, Dr. Ming Wang, a Harvard & MIT graduate (MD, magna cum laude) and one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world today who holds a PhD in laser physics, will present a talk “The Eye Convinced Me There’s A God”. The film “Sight” (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com) is based on Dr. Wang’s autobiography “From Darkness to Sight”, and his faith journey is also featured in the award-winning Christian film “God’s Not Dead”. For info about the 3/3 talk: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 615-525-3314.

In this presentation, Dr. Wang will tell the story how he, just like the student in the film “Sight” and “God’s Not Dead”, came to America as a staunch atheist, and believed that science will save mankind. Fascinatingly, it was in the study of the science of human eye, where he discovered the powerful clue and evidence for the existence of a creator! Dr. Wang will talk about the complexity of the human eye, from visual signal capturing, processing to interpretation, and how the science has led Dr. Wang to God! And how life has taught him the Creator is Jesus Christ!

Angel Studios’ award-winning film “Sight” (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com), is based on my autobiography From Darkness to Sight, and tells the story of invention of amniotic membrane contact lens, a technology that has transformed the world and givenvision back to millions.

The film shows my attempts to restore the eyesight of Kajal, a five-year-old Indian orphan whose stepmother intentionally and maliciously blinded her by pouring sulfuric acid into Kajal’s eyes, in the belief that a blind “orphan” singer begging on the streets brings in more money. I ask you, who is truly blind here? Kajal or her stepmother? But I believe in an all-seeing, merciful God, who led the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration to find Kajal and bring her to America.

Dr. Wang Mingxu (MD, Harvard Medical School/MIT; PhD in Laser Physics; CEO of Aier US; the inspiration for the American film *Sight* (free link: sight.drmingwang.com ) ) suggests, based on the latest research published in *JAMA*,

5 things to do to prevent Alzheimer's:
1. Learn new things (building new brain connections!);
2. Spend more time with friends;
3. See clearly (treat nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia, and cataracts), hear clearly ( hearing aids);
4. Exercise, eat a healthy diet (vegetables and protein);
5. Avoid head injuries.

By Robert Stringfellow, Nashville Christian Family, Dec. 2025

By Robert Stringfellow, Nashville Christian Family, November 5, 2025

Angel Studios, the distributor of the film “Sight” (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com), as well as many other Christian film with inspiring stories that “amplify light” (the company’s motto) went IPO on New York Stock Exchange on 9/11/25. Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), Director of Wang Vision Institute and the subject of the movie “Sight” went to New York and joined the Angel team and celebrated this milestone.  

“Angel Studios represents a visionary and bold venture to offer American families films and entertainment that is family-friendly, inspirational and faith-based. Today’s Hollywood is filled with films that are filled with violence, sex and drugs, so Angel Studios offers powerful alternative, something American families truly need.” Dr. Wang said.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 by Crystal Thornton, www.klove.com

Dr. Ming Wang is a Harvard and MIT graduate and one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world to also hold a PhD in laser physics. His extraordinary life story—from a childhood shaped by China’s Cultural Revolution to becoming a world-renowned eye surgeon and follower of Christ—has inspired the feature film Sight, based on his autobiography From Darkness to Sight.

Robert Stringfellow, Nashville Christian Family

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), Director of Wang Vision Institute and the subject of the movie “Sight” (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com), has announced today that the Tennessee Immigrant and Minority Business Group (www.TIMBG.org) is hosting a fall quarterly forum on 10/2 Thurs 5:30pm at TPOM, 136 Raines Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203. RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 615-525-3314.

Learn More About Dr. Ming Wang, a World-Known Eye Surgeon

by Angel Studios | May 15, 2024

Angel Studios’ upcoming filmSIGHT tells the inspiring true story of Ming Wang, an impoverished Chinese prodigy who flees Communist China to become a pioneering eye surgeon in America. When tasked with restoring the sight of an orphan who was blinded by her step mother, he must confront the trauma of living through the violent uprising in his youth, the Cultural Revolution.

Starring Terry Chen and Greg Kinnear, SIGHT hits theaters May 24, 2024.

While the film chronicles Dr. Wang’s rise from an impoverished childhood to world-renowned eye surgeon, there are many other fascinating facts about his life that weren’t covered. Keep reading to discover 10 more facts about Dr. Wang’s remarkable journey. 

By Robert Stringfellow, Aug. 2, 2025, Nashville Christian Family

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), Director of Wang Vision Institute and the subject of the movie “Sight” (angel.com/sight), has announced today that he will present “Faith and Medicine: Bridging the Gap for Better Health” after film “Sight”.Dr. Wang will talk about the latest development in all five major diseases of mortality: cancer, stroke, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.

By Robert Stringfellow, Nashville Christian Family, July 3, 2025

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), Director of Wang Vision Institute and the subject of the movie “Sight” (angel.com/sight), has announced today that “Sight”, distributed by Angel Studios which distributed the Bible Story “The Chosen” and “Sound of Freedom”, has been won all three top prizes at Anthem Film Festival 2025: The Grant Prizes, The Audience Choice Prize and the Best Narrative Feature Film Prize, June 13-14, 2025 at Palm Springs, CA.

What we learned through making the film “Sight” that may be beneficial to Chinese Americans who also want to share their stories

Dr. Ming Wang
Harvard & MIT (MD); UMD (PhD, laser physics)
Subject of the film “Sight” (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com)
Director, Wang Vision Institute; CEO, Aier-USA
1801 West End Ave, Ste 1150, Nashville, TN, 37203, 615-321-8881
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.drmingwang.com, wechat: ballroom123

How a national “Telling Our Stories” movement, unprecedented in U.S. history, was created in 2023-2024 involving 50,000 Chinese Americans, 500 free Sight film shows (FREE link: sight.drmingwang.com) and across 40 states in North America, resulting in the FIRST first-generation Chinese American immigrant story film that gained wide North America release (in 2,118 theaters, with U.S. domestic box office of $7.2 million), and what have we learned in this historical movement about how we can inspire more Chinese Americans to stand up, speak out and tell our stories in the future?

By Michael Foust, Jan. 14, 2025, Crosswalk.com

A decade ago, it was difficult to find quality faith-based entertainment. Today, though, such options are seemingly endless. 

Christian titles are available on platforms like Netflix and Prime Video, alongside dedicated faith-based streaming services. Meanwhile, Christian titles arrive almost every month in theaters.

And despite what you may have heard, the best films in this genre can stand up to the best of mainstream entertainment. Everything in the faith genre has leveled up -- the storytelling, the production quality, the performances. Today’s faith-based movies are light years ahead of yesteryear’s. 

Compiling a best-of list is always difficult. For starters, you have to ask: What is a Christian film? For this compilation, we’re using a straightforward definition: a movie with strong Christian themes. It also needs to be generally family-friendly. To keep it simple, this list only includes movies released in theaters. 

Here are the 12 best Christian movies of 2024, in alphabetical order.

By Robert Stringfellow, Nashville Christian Family

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), Director of Wang Vision Institute and the subject of the movie “Sight” (angel.com/sight), has announced today that a FREE link to the movie Sight is now available to all:

https://www.drmingwang.com/about/movie-sight.html

“Sight” tells the story of a Chinese American immigrant Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics), and his sight foundation’s work in helping blind orphan children from around the world and in finding common ground between faith and science by developing amniotic membrane contact lens which has helped millions.  

LINK to a path of success, On MCAT preparation by Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD)

Many years ago, Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude); UMD (PhD, laser physics), the subject of the film “Sight” (FREE link: https://sight.drmingwang.com/), came to the classroom of Princeton Review of Nashville, on the invitation of its director Mr. Wade McKinney, to speak to students about preparation for MCAT. MCAT stands for Medical College Admission Test, which is regarded as the single most important exam for medical school application in the US today. Upon hearing about Dr. Wang's own success in MCAT and his years of experience in teaching MCAT at Stanley Kaplan Educational Center, Mr. McKinney decided to invite Dr. Wang to speak to the students who are preparing for the exam through the Princeton Review Nashville system.

"The most important thing that I want to share with you today is the concept of linking", Dr. Wang began his lecture. In late 1980's, with almost no pre-med course preparation and minimal extracurricular activities, Dr. Wang studied for MCAT himself and achieved full scores in all science subjects and an overall MCAT score ranked in the top 0.001% in US that year. He admitted to both of the top two medical schools in the U.S., Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins. Partly due to the racial discrimination that he experienced at Hopkins in his medical school application process (a story was described in his autobiography “From Darkness to Sight” and also told in the film “Sight” (FREE link: https://sight.drmingwang.com/), he went to Harvard and MIT joint program and in 1991 graduated with MD magna cum laude from Harvard and MIT with a graduation thesis that won the first place of Harvard Medical School that year.

By  Crystal Thornton, Jan. 16, 2025. Klove.com

Dr. Ming Wang is a Harvard and MIT graduate and one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world who holds a doctorate degree in laser physics. The film "Sight," the first generation Chinese-American immigrant film in American mainstream media, is based on Dr. Wang's autobiography "From Darkness to Sight." 

As a teenager, he fought poverty and hardship in China and came to America with only $50 in his pocket and knew very few English words. But he saw nothing but opportunity and earned two doctorate degrees, one in laser physics and one in medicine. He graduated with the highest honors from Harvard Medical School and MIT Magna Cum Laude.