Crip Camp

{{Infobox film

| name = Crip Camp

| image = Crip Camp poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Official release poster

| director = {{Plainlist|

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| producer = {{Plainlist|

Nicole Newnham
James Lebrecht
Sara Bolder

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

Nicole Newnham
James Lebrecht

}}

| starring =

| music = Bear McCreary

| cinematography = Justin Schein

| editing = {{Plainlist|

Andrew Gersh
Eileen Meyer

| sound supervision = Jacob Bloomfield-Misrach

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| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

Higher Ground Productions
Rusted Spoke
Little Punk
Just Films
Ford Foundation

}}

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2020|1|23|Sundance|2020|3|25|United States}}

| runtime = 108 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a 2020 American documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht. Barack and Michelle Obama served as executive producers under their Higher Ground Productions banner.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5809758/crip-camp-review/|title=An Obamas-Produced Doc Takes Viewers Inside the Birth of the Disability Rights Movement|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325210709/https://time.com/5809758/crip-camp-review/|archive-date=2020-03-25|url-status=live}}

Crip Camp had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020, where it won the Audience Award. It was released on March 25, 2020, by Netflix and received acclaim from critics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crip_camp_a_disability_revolution|title=Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en}} It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2021 2021|Oscars.org]

Premise

Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who became activists in the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.

Production

The idea to make the film about Camp Jened started "with an offhand comment at lunch."{{Cite news|last=Horton|first=Adrian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/25/incredible-story-of-netflix-feelgood-crip-camp-it-blew-my-mind|title='It blew my mind': the incredible story of Netflix's feelgood Crip Camp|date=2020-03-25|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-26|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325203244/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/25/incredible-story-of-netflix-feelgood-crip-camp-it-blew-my-mind|archive-date=2020-03-25|url-status=live}} LeBrecht had worked with Newnham for 15 years as a co-director. LeBrecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around. He had never seen a documentary related to his "life's work as a disability rights advocate". At the end of the lunch meeting, LeBrecht told Newnham, "You know, I've always wanted to see this film made about my summer camp", and she replied, "Oh, that's nice, why?" Newnham told The Guardian, "then he completely blew my mind" explaining why he wanted to make this film. Newnham said:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/25/21192859/crip-camp-netflix-streaming-interview|title=The disability community has a lot to teach a world in crisis, say the directors of Crip Camp|last=Wilkinson|first=Alissa|date=2020-03-25|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325223220/https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/25/21192859/crip-camp-netflix-streaming-interview|archive-date=2020-03-25|url-status=live}}

{{blockquote

| quote = What Jim and I always felt is that we wanted the film to bring people into the world of Camp Jened, to give them that experience themselves: arriving at camp, checking out the scene, maybe feeling a little bit uncomfortable, not sure what's going on, not sure if they speak the language. Then, over time, they'd come to feel like this is a world that is fun and joyous and liberating for them as viewers, just like it was for Jim. Jim's personal story would bring you into that.

}}

Release

Crip Camp had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/crip-camp|title=Crip Camp|website=Sundance Film Festival|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327022122/https://www.sundance.org/projects/crip-camp|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538|title=Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=June 13, 2020}} The film was released on March 25, 2020, by Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/crip-camp-trailer-netflix-sundance-obamas-disability-1202216847/|title='Crip Camp' Trailer: Sundance Audience Winner Charts History of Disability Rights Movement|website=IndieWire|first=Jude|last=Dry|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}} It was set to be released in a limited release the same day, but the theatrical release was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-03-20/coronavirus-oscars-eligibility-crip-camp|title=Film academy considers Oscar eligibility rules change with coronavirus theater closings|website=Los Angeles Times|first=Glenn|last=Whipp|date=March 20, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}

Reception

=Critical response=

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critics consensus reads: "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."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crip_camp|title=Crip Camp (2020)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326044158/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crip_camp|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web|title=Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution Reviews |website=Metacritic |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crip-camp-a-disability-revolution|access-date= July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326044157/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/crip-camp-a-disability-revolution|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}}

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "this indispensable documentary defines what it means to call a movie 'inspiring'."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/crip-camp-movie-review-netflix-971146/|title='Crip Camp' Review: Netflix Doc Revisits Ground Zero for Disability Rights Movement|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=2020-03-25|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326045049/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/crip-camp-movie-review-netflix-971146/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-26}} Justin Chang wrote for The Los Angeles Times that the film "delivers an appreciably blunt message".{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-03-24/crip-camp-review-netflix-disability-rights|title=Review: Netflix's 'Crip Camp' chronicles the birth of the disability rights movement|date=2020-03-24|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325223118/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-03-24/crip-camp-review-netflix-disability-rights|archive-date=2020-03-25|url-status=live}} Benjamin Lee of The Guardian wrote, "this impactful film shines a light on a forgotten fight for equality".{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/24/crip-camp-review-rousing-netflix-documentary-traces-disability-rights-movement|title=Crip Camp review – rousing Netflix documentary traces disability rights movement|date=2020-03-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-26|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326005306/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/24/crip-camp-review-rousing-netflix-documentary-traces-disability-rights-movement|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}} Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "My only hope is that the confrontational title and the Obama branding don't scare some viewers away from a story that is truly non-partisan, humane and significant".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crip-camp-review-sundance-1272290|title='Crip Camp': Film Review {{!}} Sundance 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=23 January 2020|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326045747/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crip-camp-review-sundance-1272290|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}} Peter Debruge wrote for Variety that the film "proves to be the most educational for those born into a post-ADA world, a world of self-opening doors and accessible bathroom stalls and ramps that take wheelchairs into consideration".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/crip-camp-review-1203475888/|title='Crip Camp': Film Review|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=2020-01-24|website=Variety|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302093506/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/crip-camp-review-1203475888/|archive-date=2020-03-02|access-date=2020-03-26}}

Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote, "The spirit of revolution—righteously angry yet full of bonhomie, demanding but generous in its reach—is alive and well in the film. As, one hopes, it is everywhere else".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/crip-camp-netflix-documentary-review|title=Crip Camp Is the Kind of Inspiration We Need Right Now|last=Lawson|first=Richard|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326054306/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/03/crip-camp-netflix-documentary-review|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}} Carlos Ríos Espinosa of Human Rights Watch wrote, "The film made me realize the importance of building spaces for people with disabilities to organize".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/24/crip-camp-tells-story-us-disability-rights-movement|title='Crip Camp' Tells the Story of the US Disability Rights Movement|date=2020-03-24|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326054456/https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/24/crip-camp-tells-story-us-disability-rights-movement|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-26|last3=t 1.212.290.4700|first3=NY 10118-3299 USA {{!}}}} Katie Rife of The A.V. Club wrote, "[the film] will serve as an enlightening look at how much has changed in the past 50 years".{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/netflix-s-crip-camp-is-a-different-kind-of-summer-camp-1842479626|title=Netflix's Crip Camp is a different kind of summer camp movie|website=Film|date=25 March 2020 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326024231/https://film.avclub.com/netflix-s-crip-camp-is-a-different-kind-of-summer-camp-1842479626|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}} Jake Coyle writing for The Washington Post wrote, "[the film] has a specific starting point but it unfolds as a broader chronicle of a decades-long fight for civil rights—one that has received less attention than other 20th century struggles for equity".{{Cite news|last=Coyle|first=Jake|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/in-crip-camp-a-rare-spotlight-for-disability-rights/2020/03/24/1a991160-6e17-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html|title=In 'Crip Camp,' a rare spotlight for disability rights|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=26 March 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326054924/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/in-crip-camp-a-rare-spotlight-for-disability-rights/2020/03/24/1a991160-6e17-11ea-a156-0048b62cdb51_story.html|archive-date=26 March 2020}}

=Awards and nominations=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+List of awards and nominations received by Crip Camp !Year !Award !Category !Result !{{Abbr\|Ref(s)\|Reference(s)}}.
rowspan="5" scope="row" \|2020 \| rowspan="2" \|Sundance Film Festival \|Audience Award \|{{won}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{Cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2020-awards-complete-list-of-winners-1203489514/\|title=Sundance Winners: 'Minari' and 'Boys State' Take Top Honors\|last=Debruge\|first=Peter\|date=2020-02-02\|website=Variety\|language=en\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053631/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2020-awards-complete-list-of-winners-1203489514/\|archive-date=2020-03-26\|access-date=2020-03-26}}
Grand Jury Prize \|{{nom}}
rowspan="2" \|Miami International Film Festival \|Best Documentary \|{{nom}} \| rowspan="2" \|{{Cite web\|url=https://miamifilmfestival.com/awards-2020/\|title=Awards 2020\|website=Miami Film Festival\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-03-26\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053927/https://miamifilmfestival.com/awards-2020/\|archive-date=2020-03-26\|url-status=live}}
Zeno Mountain Award \|{{won}}
Critics' Choice Award \|Best Documentary Feature \|{{nom}} \|{{Cite web\|last=Thompson\|first=Anne\|date=2020-10-26\|title='Crip Camp,' 'Gunda,' and 'Mr. Soul!' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations\|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/2020-critics-choice-documentary-awards-nominations-1234595148/\|access-date=2020-10-26\|website=IndieWire\|language=en}}
rowspan="7" scope="row" \|2021 \|International Documentary Association \|Best Feature \|{{won}} \|{{Cite web\|date=2021-01-16\|title=IDA Documentary Awards 2021 Winners List in Full\|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ida-documentary-awards-2021-winners-list\|access-date=2021-01-18\|website=The Hollywood Reporter\|language=en}}
Hollywood Music in Media Awards \|Best Original Score in a Documentary \|{{nom}} \| {{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9517388/diane-warren-james-newton-howard-winners-2021-hollywood-music-in-media-awards/\|title=Diane Warren & James Newton Howard Among Top Winners at 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards\|date=January 27, 2021\|accessdate=January 28, 2021\|magazine=Billboard\|first=Paul\|last=Grein}}
Independent Spirit Awards \|Best Documentary Feature \|{{won}} \|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4HO77kQOY CRIP CAMP wins Best Documentary at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on official YouTube channel]{{cite web \|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/independent-spirit-awards-nominations-list-2021 \|title=Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' 'Minari,' 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' 'Nomadland' Top Nominations \|last=Lewis \|first=Hilary \|date=January 26, 2021 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|access-date=January 26, 2021}}
Academy Awards \|Best Documentary Feature \|{{nom}} \|[https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/ 2021 Oscars Nominations: The Full List of Nominees - Variety]
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award \| \|{{won}} \|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqSuPYTN9Y8 Crip Camp - Netflix \| 2021 duPont-Columbia Awards Ceremony on YouTube by Columbia Journalism School on YouTube][https://journalism.columbia.edu/2021-alfred-i-dupont-columbia-award-winners-announced-tonight 2021 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced Tonight\|Columbia Journalism School]
Austin Film Critics Association \|Best Documentary \|{{nom}} \|{{cite news\|last=Partridge\|first=Jon\|title=2020 Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations\|url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2020-austin-film-critics-association-award-nominations-b7a391b56646\|website=Austin Film Critics Association\|date=March 12, 2021\|access-date=May 19, 2021}}
Peabody Awards \|Documentary honoree \|{{won}} \|[https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/crip-camp/ "Crip Camp,"] from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+List of awards and nominations received by Crip Camp

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Result

!{{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}.

rowspan="5" scope="row" |2020

| rowspan="2" |Sundance Film Festival

|Audience Award

|{{won}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2020-awards-complete-list-of-winners-1203489514/|title=Sundance Winners: 'Minari' and 'Boys State' Take Top Honors|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=2020-02-02|website=Variety|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053631/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-film-festival-2020-awards-complete-list-of-winners-1203489514/|archive-date=2020-03-26|access-date=2020-03-26}}

Grand Jury Prize

|{{nom}}

rowspan="2" |Miami International Film Festival

|Best Documentary

|{{nom}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web|url=https://miamifilmfestival.com/awards-2020/|title=Awards 2020|website=Miami Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326053927/https://miamifilmfestival.com/awards-2020/|archive-date=2020-03-26|url-status=live}}

Zeno Mountain Award

|{{won}}

Critics' Choice Award

|Best Documentary Feature

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Anne|date=2020-10-26|title='Crip Camp,' 'Gunda,' and 'Mr. Soul!' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/2020-critics-choice-documentary-awards-nominations-1234595148/|access-date=2020-10-26|website=IndieWire|language=en}}

rowspan="7" scope="row" |2021

|International Documentary Association

|Best Feature

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web|date=2021-01-16|title=IDA Documentary Awards 2021 Winners List in Full|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ida-documentary-awards-2021-winners-list|access-date=2021-01-18|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}

Hollywood Music in Media Awards

|Best Original Score in a Documentary

|{{nom}}

| {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9517388/diane-warren-james-newton-howard-winners-2021-hollywood-music-in-media-awards/|title=Diane Warren & James Newton Howard Among Top Winners at 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards|date=January 27, 2021|accessdate=January 28, 2021|magazine=Billboard|first=Paul|last=Grein}}

Independent Spirit Awards

|Best Documentary Feature

|{{won}}

|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG4HO77kQOY CRIP CAMP wins Best Documentary at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on official YouTube channel]{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/independent-spirit-awards-nominations-list-2021 |title=Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' 'Minari,' 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' 'Nomadland' Top Nominations |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=January 26, 2021 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 26, 2021}}

Academy Awards

|Best Documentary Feature

|{{nom}}

|[https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/ 2021 Oscars Nominations: The Full List of Nominees - Variety]

Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award

|{{won}}

|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqSuPYTN9Y8 Crip Camp - Netflix | 2021 duPont-Columbia Awards Ceremony on YouTube by Columbia Journalism School on YouTube][https://journalism.columbia.edu/2021-alfred-i-dupont-columbia-award-winners-announced-tonight 2021 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced Tonight|Columbia Journalism School]

Austin Film Critics Association

|Best Documentary

|{{nom}}

|{{cite news|last=Partridge|first=Jon|title=2020 Austin Film Critics Association Award Nominations|url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2020-austin-film-critics-association-award-nominations-b7a391b56646|website=Austin Film Critics Association|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021}}

Peabody Awards

|Documentary honoree

|{{won}}

|[https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/crip-camp/ "Crip Camp,"] from PeabodyAwards.com, 6/23/2021