crip camp transcript

I want to thank both of you so very much for joining us today and for helping introduce our audience to "Crip Camp.". MS. HORNADAY: Hello. [7] LeBrecht was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around. "This camp changed the world, and nobody knows this story." Produced by Michelle and Barack Obama, "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" is not your typical inspirational documentary.In my years in this business, I've seen a lot of manipulative documentaries that pull at the heartstringsso many that I've grown a little immune to them and downright annoyed by the ones that feel . Barack and Michelle Obama served as executive producers under their Higher Ground Productions banner. But there was this trust that I could say anything, and that if I felt like there was something that made me very uncomfortable that, you know, we would talk about it. So, you know, the trust and support of everybody really made a big difference. I saw it as a culture, as a community. Patti Smolian [4] Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who turned themselves into activists for the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation. Centered in part on Camp Jened, a summer camp for teenagers and young adults with disabilities near Woodstock, NY that was as free-spirited as the 1969 music festival, the film shows how . The most wrenching scene might well be early, at Camp Jened, when a young woman named Nancy expresses her thoughts in a group discussion and the sounds that come out of her mouth with great urgency dont resemble words to the helpless interviewer, who turns to the others for a translation. Crip Camps release in March 2020 marked the launch of the Crip Camp Impact Campaign. Nicole, this documentary is a production of Higher Ground, of course, which is Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company with Netflix. We had known each other for a long time, but there was a lot of trust. Some still arent. Unions throw in their lot with demonstrators, along with the Black Panthers and a local lesbian bar, but the enemy of 504 isnt Nixon or Reagan (although neither comes off well) but HEW secretary under Jimmy Carter Joseph Califano, who was at Lyndon Johnsons side in the creation of the 60s Great Society. However, he had never seen a documentary related to his "life's work as a disability rights advocate. Its a shame this movie cant be seen with a large, boisterous audience. I didnt laugh. And, you know, I think that it worked because we had this incredible collaboration. The film traces the birth of the US disability rights movement to a unique summer camp, Camp Jened, managed by people with disabilities like Judy Heumann and members of the '60s countercultural . No one at Camp Jened couldve imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution. Steve Honigsbaum And so, we had a couple of ways of working on it. And that was extraordinary. Crip Camp Notes Started in 1951 closed in 1977 due to financial difficulties Crip Camp split adults, girls and boys had counsellors in each room "Jimmy" Lebrecht - Spinda bifida Children his age (primary school) sent to institutions Dad told him. . The film, from the production company of Barack and Michelle Obama, is vying for an Oscar this Sunday. Crip Camp review - rousing Netflix documentary traces disability rights movement Starting at a freewheeling camp in the 70s and ending with profound political change, this impactful film. [9][10] The film was released on March 25, 2020, by Netflix. Which was different from life back at home? [18] Katie Rife of The A.V. "Apparently I had different plans.". There were only 50 of us. "[14] Justin Chang writing for Los Angeles Times said that "[the film] delivers an appreciably blunt message". The film follows former campers who moved to California's Bay Area and built a flourishing community. And rather than me take on the project I said to Jim, "Why don't we direct this together, so the story can be told from your point of view," and we set about trying to figure out how. So, I hope that the viewers will take these lessons to heart. Outgoing, boisterous with friends and in 1971, about to start his first year of high school. No, thats not strictly true thats my empowerment-speak. But with nearly all movie theaters closed, it's arriving instead on Netflix and it's a window on a revolution. Today I am speaking with Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, co-directors of Crip Camp: The Disability Revolution, a fascinating film and one of those nominees. So, then I got lucky enough one day that Jim decided to pitch me on, you know, trying to make films about disability from that point of view and films that would authentically relate experience. I mean, I had been colleagues with Jim for 15 years, and friends, and over that time Jim had really opened up a sort of portal for me into disability, and a way of looking at disability that I hadn't before known. They had been sheltered, sometimes thought a burden, and all too often disability had been their sole identity. All of us do. It then closed in 1977 due to financial difficulties, only to reopen again in a new location in Rock Hill, NY. And even that idea of kind of like becoming and telling your own story, all of those things are embodied in our project. You know, I have to improvise almost every day, and I am not the only one. And it is so interesting to me that it's at the Oscars this year, alongside movies like "Trial of Chicago 7" and "Judas and the Black Messiah," that also get, especially "Judas and the Black Messiah," gets to that same intersectionality that Fred Hampton was practicing before his life was ended prematurely. Crip Camp Impact Campaign In photos, in archival news footage unsung heroes in a civil rights story that largely isn't in history books, but that Crip Camp establishes with an exhilarating flourish sure ought to be. It was Ted Kennedy who carried the ball forward as he would when the even more firmly neoliberal Clinton administration moved into the executive branch. Showing disabled people being completely normal, rather than objects of pity, is still groundbreaking, decades later. Today it will just be me talking at you for a while, which is awkward for me but what is a podcast if not awkward? [15] Benjamin Lee of The Guardian wrote, "this impactful film shines a light on a forgotten fight for equality". There, I wasn't different. Can you share some of their notes? Heumann was a born organizer, who would give that side of herself wider range when camp was over for the summer. The impact campaign team used an intersectional lens to encourage people to think of disability as a social justice issue, develop emerging leaders, and create long-lasting partnerships with like-minded organizations. 8 Practical Tips to Maximize Efficiency in Real Estate Investing Anne Azzi Davenport is the Senior Coordinating Producer of CANVAS at PBS NewsHour. "[7] James LeBrecht had worked with Nicole Newnham for 15 years as a co-director. Many Jened campers went on to become leaders in the disability rights movement. As arts correspondent he has profiled many of the world's leading writers, musicians, actors and other artists. Do you think people's consciousnesses have been lifted a little bit over the last year? By the way, Steve is the other source of the R rating here, and I will leave you with that tantalizing little teaser. Ke Huy Quan Continues His Winning Streak at the Independent Spirit Awards. Several took part in a harrowing 1977 sit-in in San Francisco to demand federal regulations guaranteeing civil rights for the disabled. What drew you to the disability rights movement, or did it draw you? Sara Luterman is a freelance journalist who covers disability policy and politics. MS. HORNADAY: And I would imagine, too, another thing I really admire about this, and I would assume, but you tell me, that one of the challenges is tone. Trailer: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. MS. HORNADAY: Brilliant. A collective called People's Video Theatre was capturing all this in black and white kids enjoying the freedom to do things they couldn't usually do put themselves out there, complain about their folks being overprotective, and most of all, run the show themselves. So insightful questions that kind of got us to the place of being able to do that effectively. Club wrote, "[the film] will serve as an enlightening look at how much has changed in the past 50 years". He previously suffered a brain aneurysm on February 18, and was ultimately taken off life support. It was released on March 25, 2020, by Netflix and received acclaim from critics. Crip Camp shares with insight, clarity, humor, and beauty the experiences of one group of disabled young people and their journey to activism and adulthood, and in doing so, provides an opportunity for all to delve into the rich and complicated history of disability activism, culture, and history. MS. HORNADAY: "Crip Camp," as you can probably discern from that clip, tells this incredible story of this amazing camp that we meet in the 1970s. All Rights Reserved. It's a summer camp for, you know, the handicapped, run by hippies. I want our audience to see a clip, sooner rather than later, because in order to get to that sense of joy and immense freedom that Camp Jened offered to its campers is really contagious. And I think that the hope is that there has been enough learning about the importance of accessibility that those things won't be taken away, you know, as vaccinations ramp up and things get back to "normal," but that we will have realized the importance of making these kinds of accommodations around accessibility in order for our workplaces, our communities, et cetera, to be truly inclusive. Transcript: Oscar Spotlight: "Crip Camp" By Washington Post Live March 31, 2021 at 6:31 p.m. EDT Article This article is free to access. I think that one of the definitions of privilege is that, you know, social space is yours for the taking. He said his surgery was a success, but he needs time to heal before he can tour again. It is a much-needed reminder that Civil Rights must . Well, that is it, an optimistic note to end on. During his career, the prolific actor inhabited an array of troubled characters. While Crip Camp follows teens who attended the Hunter, NY camp in the early 1970's, the summer camp actually ran from the 1950s until 1977. That said, Crip Camp is one of the most important and most honest films about disability Ive ever seen. MS. HORNADAY: Fascinating. [4] 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". Nicole, you have been making nonfiction films for 25 years. So, Jim, this is, in many ways, your life story. . MR. LeBRECHT: Yeah. Disability rights aren't normally featured in high school history books and often don't get written down at all. Crip Camp is a useful reminder that while Jimmy Carter might be our greatest ex-president, he was a miserable prick toward the end of his term. Previously, many young people with disabilities had been excluded from normal childhood experiences. Let's play a clip that kind of gets to how magical this place was, and then, Jim, I'd like to circle back with you. Crip Camp lives inside them and will now live in us. Some are blind and/or deaf. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and make-out sessions awaiting everyone, and campers experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. I must ask, though, both Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are such gifted storytellers in their own right. I don't think that we have still fully internalized that this is actually happening, or has happened, but it has been an incredible platform, from which to kind of, you know, tell this story, which is such an important, important American story, I think one of the great civil rights stories of our history, but that for so long has remained relatively unknown. Crip Camp. And, you know, you will see more authentic films and theater projects like "Crip Camp" if our industries really embraced us and applied the same diversity and inclusion efforts that they have for other people. Their first, the Oscar-winning American Factory (which they played no role in developing), was dramatically more tangled. Califanos eventual embrace of 504 is the result of an irony thats both exhilarating and queasy-making: A dogged reporter for the San Francisco ABC affiliate named Evan White got his stories about the local demonstration on national air only because of a TV technician strike that left the scabs at the network short of material. This was the world before the Americans with Disabilities Act. The camp was for teenagers with disabilities in the 1950s and 1970s. And one of them is the inspiring thing and the other is the tragic thing. And when laws got passed, they often got vetoed for being too expensive. Transcript:Camp Cool Kidz Transcript:Camporee Transcript:Cookin' Cookies Transcript:Cult Camp D Transcript:David Gets Hard E Transcript:Eggs Benefits Transcript:Escape from Camp Campbell I They met at Jened and joked it wouldnt take he had childhood polio, she had cerebral palsy but now seem happily in sync. C rip Camp, Netflix's feelgood documentary executive-produced by the Obamas, begins out of the spotlight: at a hippy summer camp in the early 1970s called Camp Jened in which teens hang out,. All rights reserved. To give a little additional context for our listening audience today I wanted to let you know I am wearing a blue sweater, smudged glasses, and I have a small plant to my left. MR. LeBRECHT: Don't frame it as limitations. And, you know, we actually--Larry Allison, who started the camp, is not alive anymore so it seemed almost impossible. It was a weekly summer camp all summer for 16 Sundays, that really did have a lot of the elements of the community of Camp Jened, and actually built capacity for the disability rights movement in the middle of the pandemic, and now is being kind of lauded as an example of how you can make a virtual environment really inclusive. Deadhead Al Levy looks and sounds like the shaggy brainiacs who changed my life in college. I'm Ann Hornaday, The. Thank you. The scenes from the San Francisco sit-in are compelling. Self-expression was unprecedented: Merely getting to the point where they could make themselves seen and understood required a psychological revolution. One boy with cerebral palsy remembers a female counselor teaching him to kiss. Feb. 15, 2023. The documentary follows the journey of the disabled Camp Jened campers, many of whom went on to lead the disability rights movement in the United States. Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 2020 | Maturity Rating: R | 1h 48m | Political Documentaries A groundbreaking summer camp galvanizes a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path toward greater equality. "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution", un estreno de Netflix, tiene una clasificacin R (que requiere que los menores de 17 aos vayan acompaados de un tutor) de la Asociacin . With nearly 10,000 participants, Crip Camp 2020 showed the power of committing to accessibility for all. One way something called the "spirit of Steve," which was this sort of punk attitude of Steve Hoffman, one of the characters in the film. The documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution," due Wednesday on Netflix after winning accolades at the Sundance Film Festival, drops viewers directly into the lives of disabled . Crip Camp was what the kids who went to Camp Jened in the 1960s and 70s called their summer paradise. And I understand this was one of the first projects that they signed on for. Syllabus of Workshops May 17: Crip Camp Kick-Off: Disability Community Culture & Identity May 24: Shedding Shame & Embracing Wholeness: Why We Must Address Internalized Ableism (Canceled) May 31: Disability, Race, Class, & Gender: Intersectionality And the other thing was just like really laying a complexity of emotion in every scene, you know, and not allowing any scene to be kind of one pure emotion. Camp Jened, in upstate New York, was the epicenter of a disability rights movement that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Did you go to Crip Camp?" For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jeffrey Brown. [5][6], The idea to make the film about Camp Jened started "with an off-hand comment at lunch. Look, I think that we have seen non-traditional casting happen in the past, and I think this needs to be extended towards actors with disabilities, but also the infrastructure needs to change. I would come in to mix a film with Jim--you know, he is a brilliant sound mixer in the Bay Area and all the documentary filmmakers here cherish the time when we get to bring our films in to his studio--and he would be playing, you know, an album by a disabled rapper, and he would be talking to me about his struggle to get access to, say, the filmmakers lodge at the Sundance Festival, which used to be up, you know, several flights of stairs. Crip Camp, the new documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama's production company, Higher Ground Productions, is a story of political revolution wrapped in tale of personal triumph. It was the longest and most successful of synchronous rallies in other cities, a story beyond the film's scope. Downloads available on all plans except Basic with adverts. Because if you did that, sure enough we would have test screenings and we would see audience kind of slipping into that way of seeing disability. I mean, especially the footage from the sit-in, is really due to all of us digging around, finding things. "They didn't think I was going to live more than a couple of hours," we hear him say. The new Netflix documentary "Crip Camp," directed by Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, makes important connections between Camp Jened, a Catskills summer camp for disabled teenagers, and the. I think actually it was the first. Nicole, Jim, thank you both for joining us and congratulations on the nomination. Edit. In this scene at a New York City protest. You know, I think we had, at one point, thought that we didn't need to have the camp director's voice, necessarily, in the camp, kind of laying out the camp philosophy. "Crip Camp" vies for an Oscar for best documentary this Sunday. Netflix released "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" in March, a film which won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival and critical acclaim from reviewers.. A project of Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Ground Productions, the film follows those who spent their 1970s summers at Camp Jened, a place where inclusion was the rule. Transcript Camp Jened, in upstate New York, was the epicenter of a disability rights movement that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. These perpetually marginalized kids differently abled because of deafness, polio, car crashes are suddenly not on the margins, they're at the center of things, falling in love, having the time of their unusually-sheltered lives. That activism would culminate in the landmark 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination based on disability and bringing changes to many aspects of American life. It was very hard for us to figure out how to tell this really complicated kind of story about how does a movement push legislation forward in a way that was really digestible but also really historically accurate. As an able-bodied individual, I take for granted pretty much every aspect of my daily life. Fascinating character, just a wonderful, wonderful protagonist, among many in this film. Their beautiful feelings of acceptance and connection lay the foundation for the grueling struggle to come. And President Obama and Mrs. Obama themselves watched three cuts of our film and gave feedback. Boy, I have to tell you, as a 15-year-old, it was like freedom. MS. HORNADAY: You know, I was going to say the same thing. newsletter for analysis you wont find anywhereelse. Lacing together the story with ample rock music and a collage of sober-eyed recollections, the best moments of "Crip Camp" involve campers recalling the nuances of those formative years.

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