Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Down the road from the Woodstock festival site, a run-down summer camp for teenagers with disabilities became the setting for a political awakening in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The young people who spent their summers there found a place where they could speak freely and form friendships, and that experience pushed many of them toward activism. They went on to join the wider fight for disability rights and equal access, helping to build a movement that changed American life.

Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht directed and wrote the documentary, with Newnham, Lebrecht and Sara Bolder producing. Lebrecht appears in the film as himself, alongside Lionel Je'Woodyard, Joseph O'Conor, Ann Cupolo Freeman, Denise Sherer Jacobson and Larry Allison. It was the first feature Newnham directed, followed by The Disappearance of Shere Hite in 2023.

Released in 2020, the film runs 107 minutes. On IMDb it holds a 7.7 rating from roughly 8,700 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 7.2 from about 170 votes. A critics' score of 8.5 from 100 reviews places it well above the audience averages, indicating that reviewers responded more strongly than general viewers did.