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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

20207.21h 47m

Overview

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.

Directed by Nicole Newnham
Written by Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham
Produced by Jim LeBrecht, Sara Bolder, Nicole Newnham
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Top Cast

Jim LeBrecht

Jim LeBrecht

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Lionel Je'Woodyard

Self

Joseph O'Conor

Joseph O'Conor

Self

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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

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Ellie Abrashkin

Self (archive footage)

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Jean Malafronte

Self (archive footage)

Evan White

Evan White

Self - Reporter

Themes & Keywords

hippiesummer camp1970sbodily disabled personcivil rightsblack panther partydisabledcatskillssign languagesphysical disability

About Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a documentary film released in 2020 exploring themes of hippie, summer camp, 1970s, bodily disabled person, civil rights, black panther party. Directed by Nicole Newnham, it stars Jim LeBrecht, Lionel Je'Woodyard, Joseph O'Conor. 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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