Summercamp

Sarah Price, Bradley Beesley
U.S., 2006,
English,
85 minutes • Color
Production: Roadside Cinema LLC
Cinematography: Sarah Price, Bradley Beesley
Music: The Flaming Lips, Noisola

SHOWTIMES:
Sat Apr 28 12:15 pm NUVO Screening Room (Landmark)

Sun Apr 29 12:00 PM IMM Screening Room (Landmark)

Tues May 1 2:00 PM NUVO Screening Room (Landmark)

When I was a kid, my friends got to go to Happening Day Camp (Doodle-dee-doo). I never got to go, so I was thrilled to see Summercamp! It was like getting on the bus, singing the songs, digging up the worms, and scratching the mosquito bites all without leaving a comfortable theater seat.

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.