Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
A joyous, politically urgent documentary traces how Camp Jened campers transformed community, friendship, and protest into a landmark disability rights movement.
Overview
A joyful exploration of a summer camp that sparked a movement for disability rights.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- joyous
- inspiring
- righteously angry
- social justice viewing
- educational screening
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as an entertaining, humane, and inspiring account of disability activism that connects one community's struggle to a larger fight for equality.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Former Camp Jened participants recount how friendships and organizing developed into a national disability rights movement.
The film focuses on disabled people demanding accessibility and control over their own lives.
Camp Jened is presented as a transformative environment where disabled teenagers experience belonging and autonomy.
Self-narration from former campers is interwoven with archival footage of Camp Jened, protests, and organizing.
Films like Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, and why
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
civil rights documentary centered on grassroots organizing, community solidarity, and inspiring activism
My Beautiful Broken Brain
intimate disability-focused documentary combining personal testimony, institutional critique, and advocacy
He Named Me Malala
uplifting social-issue documentary about collective action overcoming entrenched discrimination
Movie Details
- Directors
- Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht
- Release Date
- 2020-03-25
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (170)
Cast
- Jim LeBrecht
- Lionel Je'Woodyard
- Ann Cupolo Freeman
- Denise Sherer Jacobson
- Larry Allison
- Judith Heumann
- Ellie Abrashkin
- Jean Malafronte
- Evan White
- Tom Harkin
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution about?
- A joyous, politically urgent documentary traces how Camp Jened campers transformed community, friendship, and protest into a landmark disability rights movement.
- What is Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution as mild.
- What did critics think of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution?
- Critics broadly praised the film as an entertaining, humane, and inspiring account of disability activism that connects one community's struggle to a larger fight for equality.
- Which films are like Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution?
- Films with a similar feel include The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, My Beautiful Broken Brain, and He Named Me Malala.
- How long is Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution?
- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution?
- In United States, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
