Crip Camp

Review by Erica Beinhacker

Directed by James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham

Crip Camp is an eye-opening and essential account of the untold story of the ongoing disability rights movement in the United States. It highlights the story of the movement from its beginnings at a summer camp for disabled children in the 1970’s to those same individuals lobbying Congress and placing pressure on the government to grant equality and liberties to those who have often been ostracized and belittled by society. Stitched together with moving interviews of its subjects and archival material, this film is a commentary on how to change the world; we all could use a heart-warming and life-affirming inspiration right now, and this is a reminder of the good that can be produced when individuals come together for a greater cause.