Crip Camp
Your Vote:
Be the first to rate.
3,098 Views

Crip Camp

Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and ignitin...g a landmark movement.
 Show More

Details

Crip Camp is a groundbreaking documentary that takes viewers on a powerful journey to a unique summer camp for teenagers with disabilities in the late 1960s. Located just down the road from Woodstock, this ramshackle camp became the birthplace of a revolution that would forever change the lives of its campers.

The film showcases the transformative experiences of these campers, who were given the opportunity to embrace their identities and form lifelong friendships in a supportive and inclusive environment. It highlights the camp's mission of empowering disabled individuals to fight for their rights and demand equal treatment in society.

Crip Camp also delves into the larger social and political context of the time, exploring the countercultural movements and civil rights struggles that paved the way for the disability rights movement. Through powerful archival footage and candid interviews with former campers and activists, the documentary offers a deeply personal and inspiring portrait of a landmark movement that emerged from this humble summer camp.

With its heartfelt storytelling and engrossing historical insights, Crip Camp is a must-watch documentary that sheds light on a previously untold chapter of American history. It is a testament to the power of community and resilience, and a reminder of the ongoing fight for inclusivity and equality for people with disabilities.

Also Known As:

Crip Camp

Release Date:

01 Jan 2020

Awards:

1 nomination.

People also search for

The Nightmare 2015

A look at a frightening condition that plagues thousands; sleep paralysis.

Category: Documentary, Horror

Stars: Stephen Joseph, Nicole Bosworth, Loni Klara

5.7 IMDB Rating 5,296 Views
Outsider. Freud 2025

A journey into the life and work of Sigmund Freud in four acts, combining animation, dreams, and insights from leading psychoanalysts. It explores Freud's experiences of marginalization as a Jew in Vienna during Hitler's rise and ...

Category: Documentary

Stars: Itay Tiran

9.1 IMDB Rating 264 Views
Supercar Saints 2025

Boy with brain disorder inspires privileged supercar owners to transform through kindness and compassion, aided by a dream meeting with WWE's John Cena.

Category: Action, Documentary, Sport

Stars: Trent Seven, Daniel Cormier, Chris Van Vliet

9.5 IMDB Rating 298 Views
Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs 2023

Traces the highs and lows of 10 contemporary Muslim American sisters living in LA as they balance their lives in terms of their faith, families, careers, and relationships.

Category: Documentary, Reality

Stars: Shakur Sozahdah, Halimah Sozahdah, Shaista Sozahdah

4.8 IMDB Rating 3,861 Views
Most Wanted: Teen Hacker 2025–

A global cybercrime story told through multiple viewpoints: a Finnish hacker, worldwide victims, cybersecurity experts, and an ex-FBI agent reveal the hidden world of digital threats.

Category: Crime, Documentary

Stars: Brian Krebs, Mikko Hyppönen, Allison Nixon

998 Views
Boss Shark 2024

Shark experts Dr Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardt host a thrilling competition unlike any other, aiming to determine which male great white shark reigns as the alpha in the pack. The unique showdown tests the sharks’ speed, hunting prowess, and fearlessness to uncover the leader of the pack who will get first mating rights with the big females when breeding season begins.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Kori Burkhardt, Riley Elliott

5.7 IMDB Rating 332 Views
Wilmer X – När tiden stannar 2025

Från ett grått och monotont 70-tals-Malmö reste sig Wilmer X som en elektrisk storm. Med punkig, blues-doftande rock'n'roll i blodet skakade de liv i staden och satte Sverige i gungning. Genom eviga turnéer och ikoniska låtar som “Teknikens under”, “Vem får nu se alla tårar”, “Spela under hot” och “Om en hund mådde såhär”, blev de en självklar del av det svenska folkhemmets soundtrack. Nu, 45 år senare, när bandet står inför en efterlängtad comeback ställs medlemmarna inför nya frågor om tvivel och åldrande. Svensk dokumentär från 2025 av Stefan Berg.

Category: Documentary

Stars: Nisse Hellberg, Per-Åke Holmberg, Thomas Holst

8.3 IMDB Rating 333 Views
Eugen – Den röde prinsen 2016

Prince Eugene took a stand politically, and went his own way. He chose a different life than the Royal family wanted. Eugene became the painter prince who built his own palace on Waldemarsudde.

Category: Biography, Documentary

Stars: Prins Eugen, Clarissa Bonde, Helena Bonde, Hans Henrik Brummer

183 Views
The Forgotten Spy: Did a Betrayal Shorten the Second World War? 2025

At the height of World War II, a Swedish oil trader travels through the German Reich, gathering valuable information about the Nazis' fuel factories – the Achilles' heel of Hitler's war machine. The intelligence is meant to aid the Allied bomber commands. Did the coup significantly shorten the war? Yet doubts remain about this version of the story.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Eric Erickson

252 Views
Zlatans näsa 2025

A film crew hires a private detective to solve the mystery of who stole the nose from a statue of world-famous football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Category: Documentary

7.0 IMDB Rating 348 Views