Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Director: James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Wed, Apr 14, 6:00 PM
Film Screening/Online

A documentary following several young people who attended Camp Jened, a New York campground for people with disabilities. Radicalized by the compassion of their experiences, they become the activists that became integral in the disability rights movement. The documentary culminates with their participation in 1977’s 504 Sit -In, a protest that led to significant changes in the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, a precursor to the modern day Americans with Disabilities, but people without them, people who refuse to listen to those with disabilities or build a world that accommodates them, who turn blind eye to their abuse, or limit their opportunities. The revolution is for the abalist world the majority made, and it's cruel that changing it requires so much from those who are already vulnerable. 2020. 1 h 48 m. No post film discussion.

Co-sponsors: Women’s Center
 

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