CripCamp co-directors Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham on getting the Obama's support for their documentary, 'We’re really speechless knowing that … they know that a film around disability is really, really important'
In the early 1970s, 'Crip Camp' director Jim LeBrecht was just a camper at Camp Jened, a summer camp for disabled teens in the Catskills. For LeBrecht and the other kids, the experience was more…How a Summer Camp for Teens with Disabilities Led to the Obama-Produced Documentary ‘Crip Camp’
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.
Perfection is rarely achieved in movies, but this heaven-sent concert doc hits the sweet spot. Over two days in January 1972, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin — she was 29 at the time — sweeps into the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Watts in front of a congregation and testifies to God in song. The blessed thing took nearly half a century to come out because director Sydney Pollack failed to sync the image with the sound.
LeBrecht boasts over 35 years of experience as a film and theater sound designer and mixer and linked up with co-director Emmy-winning documentarian Newnham to tell his story.
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