You probably can tell right from its title that the blissfully politically incorrect Crip Camp is not going to be the standard documentary about the lives of America’s disabled population. Fa…
affecting is that its co-director Jim LeBrecht is the real deal. Now a celebrated sound mixer who has worked on several theater productions and documentaries, as a kid he attended Camp Jened, a summertime destination in New York’s Catskills and right near Woodstock. In fact, he was there right about the time of that fabled music gathering in 1971, right down the road as it were.
LeBrecht thought the story of Camp Jened, which opened in 1951 and had to close in 1977 due to financial difficulties, would make a good film that also could serve as a springboard to chronicle the larger effort of the long fight for the Americans with Disabilities Act, which finally became law in 1990, especially now on its 30th anniversary. He went to Nicole Newnham, a News & Documentary Emmy-winning filmmaker he admired and had worked with and thought would be perfect to direct it.
Primarily, though, this is a movie that celebrates the human spirit, no matter what curveballs life might have thrown at you. To say it is inspiring is an understatement, but this ragtag collection of campers and activists isn’t looking for sympathy. One of them is just worried she will always be a virgin and takes action to make sure that isn’t the case! It’s that kind of movie, folks. The interviews with the likes of Denise, Lionel, Joe, Neil, Ann and so many are priceless.
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