The Canadian documentary “Summer Qamp” delves into a summer camp for LGBTQ youth. Camp fYrefly in Alberta, Canada. Here is a comforting and safe space for the bullied, insecure, confused and unsure seeking to establish their queer identity in this Alberta camp.
This is no “Meatballs” and diametrically opposed to the conversion camp in the Canadian film “The Miseducation of Cameron Pope”.
Hear from the campers in a haven finally living in an accepting environment. Yes, it is a “traditional “summer camp” as far as most of the activities. Hear the stress and anxiety of these LGBTQ children bullied and demeaned in the heterosexual mainstream. So what if there are 14 terms/phrases in this documentary the straight community may have glazed and confused eyes about like “CIS People” or “neuro diversities”. The documentary makes its point quickly and an LGBTQ dictionary is not required for most of the foreign terms.
Directed by Jen Markovitz this film has its TIFF world premiere on September 9 and repeats itself on September 10th.
Final impressions are perhaps in The Who song “The Kids Are Alright”….. at least in the accepting environment of Camp fYrefly.
RKS 2023 Film Rating 83/100.
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