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Depiction of Disability in Media Documentary

A New Disability Story: Crip Camp Review

As a black disabled woman, I went into the Crip Camp premiere with a lot of preconceived notions. As a journalist and critic, I know better than to do so, but as a disabled woman, that knowledge muddled a bit. Let me explain, I went to a press screening of Crip Camp during Sundance 2020 certain I’d leave having watched yet another film filled with inspiration porn, praise for the nondisabled people in the documentary, and a list of the dead disabled people to precede the credits.

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Depiction of Disability in Media Documentary

U.S. Documentary, Audience Award: “Crip Camp”

U.S. Documentary, Audience Award: Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht. #Sundance2020

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Documentary Movies

Opening Night of the Sundance Film Festival: Crip Camp!

Crip Camp / U.S.A. (Directors: Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht, Producers: Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham) — 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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