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2020
MEDIA ACCESS AWARDS
The Co-Directors &Producers of CRIP CAMP: JAMES LEBRECHT and NICOLE NEWNHAM
Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham are the co-directors of Crip Camp executive produced by Barack Obama Obama and Michelle Obama Obama The film tells the the story of Camp Jened a a a a a a a a a retreat for disabled teens in the the the early 1970’s and its impact upon the the the the disability rights movement In 2020
the the the the film won the the the the “Audience Award” at the the the the Sundance Film Film Festival Festival and the the the “Zeno Mountain Award” at the the Miami Film Film Festival Festival Nicole Nicole Newnham Newnham Nicole Nicole Newnham Newnham is an an an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and and director a a a a a a a a a a a four-time Sundance Film Festival alumnus and and a a a a a a five-time Emmy nominee Films she has directed have played at many prestigious venues including the the the Sundance Film Film Festival the the the New York Museum Museum of Modern Art Art the the the the San Francisco International Film Film Festival Lincoln Center and the the Walker Art Art Museum Museum Nicole earned a a a a a a a a master’s degree in in in Documentary Film Film from Stanford University in 1994 She initiated co-produced and directed The The Rape of of Europa about the fate of of Europe’s art treasures during WWII The The film was was nominated for for two national Emmys and and a a a a a a a a a a a a a a WGA award
and and was was shortlisted for for a a a a a a a a a a a a a a documentary Oscar She has created 25 documentary shorts about California farmers artists and food purveyors for for Martha Stewart Living Her film film The Revolutionary Optimists won the the Sundance Hilton Sustainability Award That film film spawned the the data-mapping website Map Your World an an open source data/mapping/storytelling platform