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How A Summer Camp Started a Movement
Episode 255

How A Summer Camp Started a Movement

The documentary “Crip Camp” tells the history of Camp Jened in the Catskills, where young adults became activists in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities. Filmmaker Jim Lebrecht, a former camper who witnessed the movement from the inside, teams with co-director Nicole Newnham for a rousing story of resistance, transgression and hard won freedoms. — Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers For more information, click here to visit the film web site.

Documentary of the Week

March 27, 20201m 48s

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The documentary “Crip Camp” tells the history of Camp Jened in the Catskills, where young adults became activists in the civil rights movement for people with disabilities. Filmmaker Jim Lebrecht, a former camper who witnessed the movement from the inside, teams with co-director Nicole Newnham for a rousing story of resistance, transgression and hard won freedoms.

— Raphaela Neihausen and Thom Powers

For more information, click here to visit the film web site.

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