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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Name: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Director: Nicole Newnham
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-03-25
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Jim LeBrecht, Lionel Je'Woodyard, Ann Cupolo Freeman, Denise Sherer Jacobson, Larry Allison

2020 · 1h 47m · Documentary

Watch it tonight—this is essential viewing that's both inspiring and historically crucial. Crip Camp tells a galvanizing story about disabled activists who fundamentally changed America, and it does it with genuine warmth and infectious energy that'll stick with you long after the credits roll.

Plot

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.

Director: Nicole Newnham

Cast: Jim LeBrecht, Lionel Je'Woodyard, Ann Cupolo Freeman, Denise Sherer Jacobson, Larry Allison

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