Crip Camp: A Documentary

FAIN: TD-256288-17

Center for Independent Documentary, Inc. (Newton, MA 02458-1341)
Sara Bolder (Project Director: January 2017 to present)

Scripting of a 90-minute documentary that chronicles the 1960s and early 1970s summer camp experience of teens with disabilities and follows the lives of several campers, some of whom became lifelong civil rights advocates for people with disabilities.

Just down the road from Woodstock, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Steeped in humor and the music of the era, Crip Camp explores the universal experience of summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the future of the disability rights movement. Told from the point of view of former camper Jim LeBrecht, the film traces the journeys of campers—both successful and tragic—up to the present day, in this compelling and untold story of a powerful journey towards inclusion.

Associated Products

Crip Camp (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: Crip Camp
Writer: test
Writer: James LeBrecht
Director: Jim LeBrecht
Producer: Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht
Abstract: Just down the road from Woodstock, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a parallel revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers. Steeped in humor and the music of the era, Crip Camp explores the universal experience of summer camp awakenings that would transform lives and shape the future of the disability rights movement. Told from the point of view of former camper Jim LeBrecht, the film traces the journeys of campers - both successful and tragic - up to the present day, in this compelling and untold story of a powerful journey towards inclusion.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.documentary.org/project/crip-camp
Format: Film

Prizes

Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary
Date: 1/1/2020
Organization: Sundance
Abstract: Crip Camp, the Netflix docu that is executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, won the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary section.

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
Date: 1/1/2021
Organization: Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University

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