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As entertaining as it is inspiring, Crip Camp uses one group's remarkable story to highlight hope for the future and the power of community. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes teens who have disabilities.

Rating:

R (Sexual References|Some Language)
Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham
Producer:

James Lebrecht
Writer:

James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 26, 2020
Runtime:

1h 47m
Production Co:

Higher Ground Productions

Cast & Crew

Dennis Billups

HolLynn D'Lil

Judith Heumann

Denise Sherer Jacobson

Lionel Je'Woodyard

James Lebrecht

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Critic Reviews for Crip Camp

All Critics (95) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (95)

A vital and joyful work that puts a lesser-known part of American civil rights history on the map...

February 2, 2021 | Full Review…

Sophie Monks Kaufman
Sight and Sound
At times it feels like Crip Camp bites off slightly too much for a movie that's less than two hours long. But I can't really blame the directors for cramming in as much information as they can.

February 2, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
Crip Camp is the kind of documentary whose name circulates in must-watch lists for months: it's an inspiring true story, accessibly told.

November 28, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Robbie Collin
Daily Telegraph (UK)
It visibilizes the history of one of the most invisibilized communities in this country.

April 23, 2020 | Full Review…

Bedatri D. Choudhury
Bitch Media
How strange - and how telling - that despite the wealth of big-screen documentaries released in the past 20 years, the story behind the remarkable Crip Camp has gone so long untold.

April 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
Mostly, this is an empowering feel-good documentary about a small group of people who came together in the right place at the right time.

April 1, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Katie Rife
AV Club
While Crip Camp is not a perfect effort, its honesty about its participants and their world gives it an undeniable potency right to the last moment.

February 2, 2021 | Full Review…

Tim Stevens
The Spool
We all owe a major debt to Camp Jened.

January 28, 2021 | Full Review…

Fletcher Powell
KMUW - Wichita Public Radio
This film would be compelling enough for its tales from the front lines of a civil rights battle, but it's also a satisfying depiction of underdogs rising up.

January 1, 2021 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Phil Guie
Film-Forward.com
...[profiles] activists who attended Camp Jened (including Lebrecht) in the Catskills, and whose experience there prepared them to became leaders in the disability rights movement.

December 19, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Boslaugh
TheArtsStl
A frank and uplifting documentary...

December 18, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Tom Meek
Cambridge Day
A fascinating and inspirational history lesson about something we didn't even know had such an interesting story to tell.

December 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

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