Crip Camp
Description: Safe in suburbia, three sisters are being raised by their reclusive uncle, a successful fantasy series writer. On his way to a convention, he disappears. Rabid fans of his fantasy series, Tales of Morrissa? With the help of their aunt and a police detective, they must track down their origins. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp "for the handicapped" in the Catskills, exploded those confines. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and makeout sessions awaiting everyone, and campers who felt fulfilled as human beings. Their bonds endured as they migrated West to Berkeley, California - a promised land for a growing and diverse disability community - where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption and unity might secure life-changing accessibility for millions. Co-directed by Emmy®-winning filmmaker Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht, this joyous and exuberant documentary arrives the same year as the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, at a time when the country's largest minority group still battles daily for the freedom to exist. CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is executive produced by President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama; Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan; Oscar® nominee Howard Gertler and Ray Lifchez, Jonathan Logan and Patty Quillin; LeBrecht, Newnham and Sara Bolder produce.
Genre: Fantasy, Documentary, History
Year Released: 2020
First episode air date: March 25, 2020
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Genre: Fantasy, Documentary, History
Year Released: 2020
First episode air date: March 25, 2020
Watch Trailer