SummerCamp!
http://www.summercampmovie.com
Directed by Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price
2006, 85 minutes
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Summercamp! follows the day-to-day drama of 90 kids let loose in the woods at Swift Nature Camp in northern Wisconsin. Camp is a place where kids can be kids, where their home and school lives momentarily fade into the background as they go through the highs and lows of adolescent rituals: sing-alongs, talent shows, homesickness, counselor mutiny--and first love. Amidst group activities, showy arguments, and secret conversations, filmmakers Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price submerge themselves into this curious camp subculture, capturing a diverse array of adolescents from all economic and social backgrounds. Through the non-calloused eyes of kids, Summercamp! captures the raw emotional experiences that will endure with them for the rest of their lives. Summercamp! features an original soundtrack by The Flaming Lips & Noisola.
Within Summercamp! we meet:
Cameron – Struggling with popularity at camp, his anti-social antics push him and his counselors to the edge.
Spencer – Ultra-articulate and a self proclaimed "Leader, not follower." He can be found brooding and reading Tom Clancy by the lake.
Holly – A self-reflective loner who obsesses over chickadees and pocket able friends.
Boo – Bright and quick-witted, she revels in the plethora of friends she finds at camp; a stark contrast to the loneliness she feels at home.
Summercamp! lends insight into the world of the modern American adolescent who, while preparing for adulthood at home, still clings to childhood frivolity and curiosity at camp. The film witnesses how three short weeks ultimately affect their personal identities and collective futures, while at once reminiscing on what it was like to sample the first taste of independence.
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Recent Screenings
July 18, 2007
IFC Center - New York City
http://www.ifccenter.com/index
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 7/18, 23, 24(evening shows)
July 26, 2007
Denver Film Society - Denver, CO
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 7/26 @ 7pm
August 2, 2007
Oklahoma City Museum of Art - Oklahoma City, OK
Co-Director Bradley Beesley in Person 8/2-3
August 3, 2007
The Times Cinema - Milwaukee, WI
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 8/3
August 3, 2007
Ross Media Arts Center - Lincoln, NE
http://www.theross.org/coming_soon.php
August 10, 2007
Brattle Theatre - Cambride, MA
August 17, 2007
The Loft Cinema - Tuscon, AZ
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 8/22
August 25,26 & Sept 1,2 2007
Hollywood Theatre - Portland, OR
http://www.hollywoodtheatre.org/
August 25, 2007
Siskel Film Center - Chicago, IL
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 8/25
August 31, 2007
Laemmle Grande 4 - Los Angeles, CA
http://www.laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?thid=10
September 6, 2007
Webster University Film Series
http://www.webster.edu/filmseries/index.htm
September 14-20, 2007
Northwest Film Forum - Seattle, WA
September 26 & 27, 2007
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts - Grand Rapids, MI
http://www.uica.org/
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 9/26 & 9/27
September 26-October 3, 2007
Salem Cinema - Salem, OR
September 28-October 4, 2007
Real Art Ways - Hartford, CT
October 8 & 10, 2007
AFI Silver - Silver Spring, MD
http://www.afi.com/silver/new/
Co-Director Sarah Price in Person 10/8
November 3, 2007
American Conservation Film Festival - Shepherdstown, WV
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Nov 6-11, 2007
Cinema 320 - Worcester, MA
http://www.cinema320.com/
November 10, 2007
Olympia Film Festival - Olympia Film Society
November 18, 20, 22, 2007
Circle Cinema -Tulsa, OK
http://www.circlecinema.com/
Co-director Bradley Beesley in person - November 18!
November 19-20, 2007
Ragtag Cinema - Columbia, MO
November 23 & 24, 2007
Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit, MI
REVIEWS
"the saddest, sweetest, most magical and most deeply affecting movie of the season." SALON.COM
"Summercamp is a riot of talent shows and campfires, canoeing, and holistic clowning." THE NEW YORK TIMES
"With tenderness and joy, Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price capture the precious moments of preteen freedom—not from parents and school, but from self-awareness and doubt." TIME OUT NEW YORK
"A sweeter, more unassuming movie isn't likely to come our way anytime soon." NEW YORK POST
"utterly charming.........Beesley and Price's young subjects are smart and unusually articulate, and they talk about their lives with a perspective one doesn't expect from children." TV GUIDE ONLINE
"Summercamp, a marvelously honest new film." NEW YORK SUN
"In its shuddering truth, Summercamp! dares to suggest that the grand disaster of youth as we knew it was actually... fun."
"A feel good hit for the summer." THE ONION
"the sweet nostalgia is irresistible." THE OKLAHOMAN
"It's funny, it's sad and leaves you with a big smile on your face." OKLAHOMA GAZETTE
"And if "Summercamp!" is any indication, happy camper or not, the experience remains a formative one."
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
"one of the finest profiles of childhood I've ever seen."
"you can practically taste those burnt wieners."
"this is pure cinema…It's like Lord of the Flies with exhausted post-teen counselors running around grilling hot dogs and serving as the objects of first love...richly rewarding."
"insightful and refreshing." LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
"observes the specific until the specific turns universal…until you find yourself moved beyond words." THE BOSTON GLOBE
"sweet and alive with homesickness, high-fives, sing-a-longs and armpit farts" CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"wonderfully funny....lighthearted and a helluva lot of fun, Summercamp! is a perfect end to the season"
"delightful" CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"eloquently captures the triumphs and traumas of this ageless ritual." SEATTLE TIMES
"the music, by the Flaming Lips, is stellar." THE STRANGER
“Pure and heartbreaking, if you don't relate to this film you were never
a kid."-CHICAGO TRIBUNE
“...it will go down as one of the most entertaining movies of the year.” -FILMTHREAT
“You'll definitely leave with a smile on your face.”
-AIN'T IT COOL NEWS
“...a respectful, contemplative, and often blithe portrait of kids being kids” -THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE
“Hilarious, touching and a hell of a lot of fun.” -TIME OUT CHICAGO