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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)

  • Calgary Central Public Library - Patricia Whelan Performance Hall 800 3 Street Southeast Calgary, AB, T2G 2E7 Canada (map)
There are 8 women in front of the camera. They are wearing beautiful party dresses and have their hair and makeup done. Some are looking at the camera, others are looking away. Three of them are sitting in wheelchairs. One has forearm crutches.

Directed by James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham | USA | 102 mins

Part of Unaided: A Film Series on Disability

Established in 1951, Camp Jened in the state of New York was created to provide a summer camp for kids with disabilities. Bringing these young people together with others they could relate to, in many cases for the first time, created an idyllic environment which served as a cauldron for the growth of activist movements for people with disabilities. Crip Camp is a documentary that explores the journey from campers to activists from the 1970s to today.

Closed Captions Included.

This is a Free Screening.

Partners:

In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge that this screening takes place on Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory, as well as the oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations, Indigenous and non, who live, work and play, as well as help steward this land, honour and celebrate this territory.

Earlier Event: February 23
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982)
Later Event: March 22
Shameless: The ART of Disability (2006)