The IDEA committees of AFP Manitoba and AFP Edmonton are sponsoring regular discussions of issues of importance for AFP members to be aware of . This month, we will be discussing the documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution currently streaming on Netflix. Please take a look at the film on your own before October 19 so you can take part fully in the discussion. If you don’t have Netflix, hopefully you can team up with a friend who does, to watch it. Or, for those who cannot access the film, the University of Chicago has a great discussion of it on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emSCFnvZSI4on)
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020)
A documentary from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions.
Defiant, boisterous and at times shocking, it takes a look back at Camp Jened (located in the Catskills in the US), which welcomed people with disabilities in the 1950s, 60s and 70s when many mainstream summer camps did not and in an era when people with disabilities were sent away to institutions simply because of their disabilities. Accompanied by historical footage from the camp, the film documents the revolutionary spirit that surrounded the camp, and the complex experiences of many of the campers – many of whom went on to be leaders in the disability rights movement in the United States.
The group is free but you must register.