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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Documentary · 2020

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

2020 Documentary 1h 47m

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7.2 / 10

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Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Jim LeBrecht · Nicole Newnham

Written by

Nicole Newnham · Jim LeBrecht

Jim LeBrecht

Jim LeBrecht

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Lionel Je'Woodyard

Self

A

Ann Cupolo Freeman

Self

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Denise Sherer Jacobson

Self

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Larry Allison

Self (archive footage)

Judith Heumann

Judith Heumann

Self

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Ellie Abrashkin

Self (archive footage)

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Put Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution on trial.

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The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.