The Library of Congress (LOC) will host a special screening this week of Netflix’s All The Light We Cannot See, a day before it becomes available for wider audiences. The event, to be held in the library’s Coolidge Auditorium, is geared toward attendees who are blind or vision impaired — much like the work’s main character.

The limited series based on Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name tells the story of Marie, a blind girl who takes shelter with her uncle in Saint-Malo, France, and Werner, a German soldier whose unlikely connection to her becomes his lifeline amid the carnage of World War II.

The screening on Wednesday at 7 p.m. will feature open captions and audio descriptions. (The event is free but requires registration.) Afterwards, Jason Broughton, director of the LOC’s National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, will moderate a panel discussion with Doerr; Shawn Levy, the show’s director and executive producer; and associate producer Joe Strechay, who served as the miniseries’ blindness and accessibility consultant.

Netflix will release the limited series of four episodes starring Aria Mia Loberti, Louis Hofmann, Hugh Laurie, and Mark Ruffalo on Nov. 2. Steven Knight — the writer and director behind Peaky Blinders — developed the story for the streaming platform.

Loberti, who plays Marie, is legally blind and was born with achromatopsia, a rare genetic condition that prevents people from seeing color and causes reduced visual acuity, among other symptoms. Loberti is a Fulbright Scholar who had never received formal acting training. This is her first role in a movie or TV series.

“All The Light We Cannot See” screening and conversation takes place Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at the Library of Congress. Attendance is free with online registration.