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James LeBrecht was born in New York [3] with spina bifida, a neural tube defect.This made him unable to use his legs. [2] At 14 years old, [4] he began to attend Camp Jened during the summer, where he befriended teens with disabilities and felt empowered as a disabled youth. [5]
Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". [4] Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who became activists in the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.
The film features former camp members, including Heumann, [1] [30] [31] as well as footage that LeBrecht shot as a 15-year-old camper in 1971. [32] The film is critically acclaimed and won several accolades, [ 1 ] including the Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and the Zeno Mountain Award at the 2020 Miami Film Festival .
Disability rights advocate James LeBrecht is “furious” with CBS after it seems the network didn’t fulfill its promise to install a fully accessible, visible ramp on the Emmys stage. “They ...
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James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham: Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution: Dawn Porter: John Lewis: Good Trouble: Benjamin Ree: The Painter and the Thief: 2021: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin: The Rescue [10] Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)‡ Liz Garbus: Becoming Cousteau ...
Nicole Newnham is an American documentary film producer, writer, and director known for the Oscar-nominated movie Crip Camp (2020) which she co-directed and produced with James LeBrecht, and the multiple-Emmy-nominated film The Rape of Europa.
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