Crip Camp
— “Crip Camp” was shown at the 2020 True/False Film Fest and, for T/F festival films, I’m giving a general reaction to the viewing experience, followed by the film’s description as it appeared on the festival website.
This was one of my festival favorites and it will be on Netflix starting March 25, 2020. It’s begins as a remembrance of a camp in the Catskills for teens with disabilities that, in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, looked more like a hippie commune than anything as its campers experienced the freedom to be themselves. The film eases into an exciting review of activities and protests that ultimately led to passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The personalities are captivating. The stories are amazing. The film is wonderful.
Description from the T/F website: “Summer camp is where hijinks, freedom, sexual awakening, and self-discovery flourish. Director Jim LeBrecht uses hilarious and tender archival footage to bring us back to the summer of ‘69, in the leafy green Catskills where he first attended Camp Jened. More than just a traditional sleep-away camp, Camp Jened was a radical refuge for teens living with physical and developmental disabilities that became the springboard for an intersectional, intergenerational movement for civil rights. Set to the revolutionary soundtrack of Woodstock, ‘Crip Camp’ offers incredible access to the first protests, co-ops, and sit-ins that changed our nation. Together with co-director Nicole Newnham and a whole cast of campers, counselors, and activists, LeBrecht’s ‘Crip Camp’ is a powerful story of a revolution of the mind, of attitudes, and of the heart.”
This was one of my festival favorites and it will be on Netflix starting March 25, 2020. It’s begins as a remembrance of a camp in the Catskills for teens with disabilities that, in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, looked more like a hippie commune than anything as its campers experienced the freedom to be themselves. The film eases into an exciting review of activities and protests that ultimately led to passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The personalities are captivating. The stories are amazing. The film is wonderful.
Description from the T/F website: “Summer camp is where hijinks, freedom, sexual awakening, and self-discovery flourish. Director Jim LeBrecht uses hilarious and tender archival footage to bring us back to the summer of ‘69, in the leafy green Catskills where he first attended Camp Jened. More than just a traditional sleep-away camp, Camp Jened was a radical refuge for teens living with physical and developmental disabilities that became the springboard for an intersectional, intergenerational movement for civil rights. Set to the revolutionary soundtrack of Woodstock, ‘Crip Camp’ offers incredible access to the first protests, co-ops, and sit-ins that changed our nation. Together with co-director Nicole Newnham and a whole cast of campers, counselors, and activists, LeBrecht’s ‘Crip Camp’ is a powerful story of a revolution of the mind, of attitudes, and of the heart.”
[2019. 107 min. Directed by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham.]
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/crip-camp-review-netflix-sundance-1202205370/
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