Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Commission on Disabilities and the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Committee to host showing and discussion of Oscar™-nominated Documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution.
In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. A summertime camp for the disabled in New York’s Catskill Mountains changed all that. The Oscar™-nominated (Best Documentary) and Sundance Film Festival Award-winning documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, tells the story of how a group of disabled campers turned the bonds of friendship into activism that reshaped the possibilities of what life could be for those with disabilities in the United States and beyond.
The Commission on Disabilities and the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee are excited to be sponsoring the viewing and discussion of this movie. On Thursday, June 24th, at 7:30 pm, the two organizations will co-host a discussion of the film via zoom. We ask, not unlike a book club, that you please watch the movie ahead of time. It is available, for free, in its entirety on YouTube, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8SpwioZ4, or via Netflix if you are a subscriber. In addition, at 5:30 pm on June 24th, the organizations will show the movie over zoom in case you haven’t had a chance to watch it or cannot access YouTube or Netflix. We expect the discussion to last approximately 90 minutes and we hope to have special guests from the movie participate. We look forward to you joining us on June 24th at 5:30 for the movie showing and/or 7:30 for the discussion. Please email James Newton at jwnewton3@gmail.com with any questions and so that you can receive the zoom link for the showing and discussion of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution on June 24th. Thank you.