G.I.M.P. Boot Camp

2008, 8 min., colour, English - Closed Captioned

G.I.M.P. Boot Camp is a satirical exploration of how co-filmmaker Danielle Peers navigates between the social expectations of able-bodiedness and disability. Through a dramatic “CRIP Awards” ceremony, an infomercial-style guide to survival, and a touching testimonial from a recovering inspiration addict, G.I.M.P. Boot Camp uses humour to deconstruct the stereotypes of disability.

​*Rated PG by PictureThis Film Festival

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Credits

Filmmakers: Melisa Brittain & Danielle Peers
Camera: Melisa Brittain
Starring: Danielle Peers (as herself), T.L. Cowan (as Trixie Cane), and Erin Ottosen (as Normal Person)
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Select Screenings

Malmö Queer Film Festival (MQF), Sweden, April 21-23, 2017

Cabaret Tollé, Montreal, January , 2015

Encuentro (Hemispheric Institute), Montreal, June 2014

REELOUT Queer Film + Video Festival, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, January 2011, screening time TBA

Frameline: San Francisco LGBT Film Festival, June 26, 2010 @ 3:45, Castro Theatre

Queer City Cinema: Queer Arts Festival of Regina, June 16, 2010 @ 9:00 p.m., Neutral Ground Gallery

Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival, Calgary, June 29, 2010 @ 6:15, The Plaza Theatre

Balancing Acts: Calgary's Annual Disability Arts Festival, December 4, 2009

Out On Screen: Vancouver Queer Film Festival, August 13-23, 2009

Hard & Able: Celebrating Queer Disability, August 24, 2009, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival, 7:30 p.m., May 18, 2009, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

FAVA Freshworks, 7:00 p.m., March 5, 2009, Metro Cinema, Edmonton

Transformative Stories: Crip and Queer Art as Activism, University of Alberta, November 21, 2008, Tory 1-91

Loud and Queer, 8:00 p.m., November 14, 2009, La Cite Francophone, Edmonton

disTHIS! Film Series, March 2, 2009, New York University

FAVA Doc Shop, 7:00 p.m., July 31, 2008, Metro Cinema, Edmonton

PictureThis International Film Festival, February 11, 2009, La Joie de Vivre, Calgary.

Press

Mooney On Theatre, "Hard and Able - A Jay Stewart Project" by Michelle Barker, August 29, 2009

See Magazine, March 5, 2009. (highlights of FAVA Freshworks Screening)

Vue Magazine, "FAVA Film Classes," August 21, 2008

See Magazine, "Arts News," July 31, 2008