CRIP CAMP’S ONGOING DISABILITY REVOLUTION AFI DOCS Forum

Winner of the 2020 Sundance U.S. Documentary Audience Award, CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is a rare combination of personal story, cultural milestone, and policy-focused documentary. Join us for this lively and highly informative demonstration and discussion of the team’s innovative, years-in-the-making Crip Camp Impact Campaign. The Campaign features innovative and creative experiences, all led virtually. These include a 16-week curated camp experience entitled “Crip Camp: The Official Virtual Experience,” a disabled creatives and activists emergency relief fund in response to the effects of the pandemic and a fellowship for emerging creatives within the disability community. Registration for the virtual camp alone reached over 7,000 globally within the first three weeks of launch.

Beyond the impressive ideas and high level execution, it is the Campaign’s ethos that is, perhaps, most worthy of focus and celebration: the idea that a film’s impact campaign can uplift and extend the very movement that is documented in the film. By connecting disability rights advocates with other progressive communities and empowering the next generation of activists, the Crip Camp Campaign seeks to nurture an ongoing revolution in disability rights and disability justice, and inspire a fundamental cultural transformation.

Moderator: 
Natalie Bullock Brown, Producer; Teaching Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Panelists:
Nicole Newnham, Director/Producer, CRIP CAMP
Jim LeBrecht, Director/Producer, CRIP CAMP
Andraéa LaVant, Chief Inclusion Consultant, LaVant Consulting, Inc.
Nicole Newnham
Storm Smith, Producer, BBDO Los Angeles