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Wisconsin Summer Camp In The Movies

Movies about Overnight Summer Cam pare filled with old cabins, s'mores, bugs, archery, summer love, and much more. Most of the summer camp movies never have a real life side and clearly have a less than wholesome appeal. That is until the movie Summercamp! arrived on the scene. This move is a documentary that lets parents take an inside look at Swift Nature Camp

90 kids are 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, some of the campers we meet are: 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!" shows the true camp experience is eternal and the same for everyone: It is only how you internalize these experiences that make them special Sunsets over the lake are generic except when the Flaming Lips provide a musical background. Timelessness that's one of the best aspects of camp -- no computer, cell phones or Gameboys at Swift Nature Camp. However, the modern world intrudes kids discuss their ADHD medications. Swift deals with the situations the old fashion way, run'em till they are dog tired.

SummerCamp is a meandering movie focuses on a handful of youngsters struggling with their feelings. Holly, seems very sad and for some reason is obsessed with chickadees, at the end you understand why and it will make you cry: Spencer, loves to chat and to read large books ; Cameron, is a troubled lad who has difficulty fitting in with the other children Maybe its his homesickness that fosters this aggression, but watch the movie and you decide.

So here are a few of the comments others are thinking about this Summer Camp Movie:

How free and how troubling childhood can be, for one thing, and how we all improvise our way toward growing up. Bradley Beesley and Sarah Price's movie only seems minor on the surface. Like all good nonfiction works, it observes the specific until the specific turns universal, and the universal until you find yourself moved beyond words.

For those who enjoyed the camping experience as a youth, the movie, with its marshmallow roasts, canoe rides and talent shows, offers a bit of nostalgia. Others may find the whole thing a little pointless.

Bug bites, lime Jell-O, homesickness -- "Summercamp!" gets it all, and so what? What can a low-budget, shakily filmed documentary about three weeks at a Wisconsin sleepaway camp tell you that your own gimp-strewn memories can't?

See Summer Camp for free at http://Snagfilms.com

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About the Author

Swift Nature Camp is a non-competitive, Traditional Overnight Summer Camp. Boys and Girls Ages 6-15. enjoy Nature and Animals at this Science Summer Camp. Because we are so small and give personal attention to each child, many see it as a Homeschool Summer Camp

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