Film: ‘CRIP CAMP’

This powerful documentary explores Camp Jened, started in the 1970s as a ramshackle camp “utopia” for teens with disabilities. Co-directed by James Lebrecht, a former Jened camper, the film focuses on one early group of campers and their experiences with a growing, diverse community and sanctuary away from stigma and isolation. Bolstered by an experience where disability was normal, former campers embraced a new group identity and helped found the disability rights movement, which ultimately led to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. [106 mins; documentary; English] A Q&A with Director of the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community Dr. Derek Nord, Special Education PhD student Ross Edelstein, and IU Dept. of History associate professor Ben Irvin will follow the screening.

This film will be screened with open captioning. ASL interpretation will also be available for the introduction and Q&A portions of the program.