I put off watching the new Netflix documentary, Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. As a disability rights colleague commented on my Facebook page, “Sometimes, when a film is loudly touted as ‘it’s ...
The doc is set to screen at the Eccles Theater, opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival on Thursday night. With a Netflix release imminent and backing from Obama & Co. the hope for filmmakers is ...
On Tuesday, Barack and Michelle Obama announced that they’ve signed a deal with Netflix to release seven films through the Obamas' new production company, Higher Ground. The Obamas launched Higher ...
Barack Obama made a surprise appearance during one of the “Crip Camp” socially distanced workshops, with the former president sharing video from the virtual visit Sunday, a day that all marks the 30th ...
A Netflix documentary explains how a camp for people with disabilities inspired an activist movement A Netflix documentary explains how a camp for people with disabilities inspired an activist ...
Netflix documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution arrives on a wave of credibility and acclaim. It received accolades at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and it’s the second documentary falling ...
Can a summer camp change the world? If you’re talking Camp Jened in upstate New York, a place that welcomed kids with disabilities for a generation, the answer is yes. “It was a utopia,” camper Denise ...
Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...
When Judy Heumann—one of the main subjects of the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp—was five years old in the early 1950s, her mother tried to register her for kindergarten in New York City. The ...
Created by the Crips street gang in the 1970s, the iconic dance move became a fixture in popular culture after being popularized by rappers from the West Coast. The TikTok user’s rendition of the ...