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April 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for a free viewing of the film Crip Camp on Thursday, April 6th at 7 p.m. in partnership with Park City Film located at the Park City Library. This film is being shown in conjunction with our exhibition Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights that will be displayed at the Park City Museum until April 16th. Patient No More is presented by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University, made possible with support from California Humanities, and traveled by Exhibit Envoy.
Crip Camp film information- In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened, a ramshackle camp “for the handicapped” in the Catskills, exploded those confines. Jened was their freewheeling Utopia, a place with summertime sports, smoking and make out sessions awaiting everyone, and campers who felt fulfilled as human beings. Their bonds endured as they migrated West to Berkeley, California – a promised land for a growing and diverse disability community – where friends from Camp Jened realized that disruption and unity might secure life-changing accessibility for millions. Co-directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht, this joyous and exuberant documentary arrives the same year as the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, at a time when the country’s largest minority group still battles daily for the freedom to exist.
Presented in partnership with Park City Museum as part of their “Patient No More” exhibit and the Raising Voices Film Series, supported with grant funding from Park City Municipal Corp and the Park City Chamber of Commerce. The film will be shown with Open Captions.
The film is rated R with a run time of 106 minutes.
Accessibility Information- Wheelchair accessible theater and bathrooms, assisted Listening devices and Open Captions. For additional accessibility accommodations, please contact director@parkcityfilm.org by March 23rd.
For more information and to register, go to https://parkcityfilm.org/film/crip-camp/.