Crip Camp

                                                                               

Crip Camp

2020 | R | 1 Hr 46 Min | Documenty | Netflix

Directors: 
James Lebrecht

Nicole Newnham

Writers: 

James Lebrecht

Nicole Newnham

Stars: 

Larry Allison

Dennis Billups

HolLynn D'Lil

Synopsis:

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 - were 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.

If I was ever to tell you to watch something this would be the one I would hope you all watch. Such a warm-hearted look at the fight many fought to get rights for the handicap world. Without these brave souls, we would not have ramps on the streets or kids in school let alone transportation around town. 

I do wish there was more about the camp and a little less about the fight but let's face it I'm a camp guy at heart so of course, I wanted more. But still, a fun look at camp life way back in the 70s even if I was cringing of the fact they were running with chairs and did not always have an attendant. We changed the no run rule in around 1987 as it was deemed unsafe so to see it again made me squirm a little. The biggest take away from Crip Camp has to be Friendship! And simply how friendship can change the world! Honestly check out Crip Camp it is such a fun look back and a moving tribute to those who helped make a change for many lives.

4 out of 5 Stars