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OLLI Film : Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020). Documentary film viewing and discussion In-Person
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020). Documentary film viewing and discussion
- OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Do not need to be an OLLI Member to attend
Monday, July 14 | 10:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
No one at Camp Jened could have imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution. Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed at a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened 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 experienced liberation and full inclusion as human beings. This 2020 award winning, Oscar-nominated documentary also features Judy Heumann whose memoir (Being Heumann) is OLLI at UMass Boston's pick for its summer common read program. A discussion will follow after the film.
- Date:
- Monday, July 14, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Reading Room - Main Level
- Campus:
- Events at the Library
- Audience:
- Non-Library
- Categories:
- Non-Library