Review of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) by Bertobellamy — 25 Apr 2021

A fine documentary about a sometimes underestimated —but all too fair— civil struggle.

This review of Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) was written by Bertobellamy on 25 Apr 2021.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 26 Mar 2020

The film is alternately funny and heartwarming, but more than anything, eye opening, covering a chapter at best underreported in history books,…

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By Marshall Shaffer (93) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Mar 2020

Crip Camp indulges a fair number of documentary clichés: the talking heads, the emotional reunion, and the inspirational montage, to name…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 23 Mar 2020

Thanks to Crip Camp, we can all get a window into how a struggle is unified, people are emboldened, and differences are made…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 24 Mar 2020

It’s a worthy story even without the coda of the fight for their civil rights…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 24 Mar 2020

Newnham and LeBrecht deftly juggle a large cast of characters past and present, accomplishing the not-so-easy task of making all the personalities…

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By Vitortfv (37) on 04 Apr 2021

How important this documentary is and how it makes us reflect on the privileges we have and yet we complain about a lot…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 26 Mar 2020

As co-director LeBrecht, himself a Jened attendee, puts it in the film, “This camp changed the world, and nobody knows this story.”…

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By Norman Gidney (53) for Film Threat (5,156) on 25 Jan 2020

Newnham and LeBrecht weave a narrative from multiple archival sources that capture the innocence, the subtle awakening, and ultimate determination…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 30 Mar 2020

The experience of watching Crip Camp might inspire you to reexamine your attitudes about disabled people and how society treats them…

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