From Disability Scoop:
“Crip Camp”
A documentary
about the emergence of the disability rights movement produced by former
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama is up for an Academy
Award. “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” was nominated Monday for best
documentary feature. The film follows a group of teenagers with disabilities
who came together in the early 1970s at a summer camp near Woodstock, N.Y. who
ultimately helped bring about civil rights protections for themselves and
others like them. Many of the alumni of Camp Jened played key roles in protests
that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. “Crip Camp,”
which premiered on Netflix last March, includes footage taken at the camp. The
documentary is produced by the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground, and
both Barack and Michelle Obama are credited as executive producers. “When we saw ‘Crip Camp,’ we thought that is
right in our wheelhouse. That is exactly the sorts of stories we wanted to
see,” the former president said during a recent roundtable about the film. “It
was inspiring. It was motivating. It spoke to how communities get formed. It
taught all of us the effort it requires and the courage it requires to be heard
and how important it is for those of us who in the past have been marginalized
to sometimes get into what my dear friend John Lewis called ‘good trouble’ in
order to create a better America and a better world.” “Crip Camp” won the U.S.
Documentary Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival last year. The Academy
Awards will be presented April 25 on ABC.
^ I watched “Crip
Camp” when it came out and having worked as a Counselor for 4 Summers at an
overnight Summer Camp for the Mentally and Physically Disabled in New York I
could relate to many things even though I am not disabled myself and this documentary
was about the 1970s. I’m glad to see it is nominated for an Oscar and I hope it
wins. ^
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