Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution begins at Camp Jened, a ramshackle summer camp in the Catskills that became a catalyst for the disability rights movement. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities found freedom, acceptance, and community at a camp that treated them as whole people rather than problems to be fixed. The film follows campers who became activists, including Judy Heumann, as they organized the groundbreaking 504 sit-in and fought to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. It's a joyful and powerful story of how a group of friends changed the world.

After the film we will hear from Lisa Johnson, Disability Advocate, Professor and Director, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, University of South Carolina Upstate.

The film is the fourth in this spring's Women's History Film Series class, hosted by the Department of Women and Gender Studies. All five films will feature stories of trauma, resilience and recovery. The films feature talk-backs with surviviors of violence, their paths to healing and their advocacy work.  All are open to the public.