173. Documentary Review: Hell Camp

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This week the docs review the one - episode documentary entitled "Hell Camp." It's a fascinating and necessary subject that falls somewhat flat in its narrative structure while still illuminating a dark chapter in the recent US history of behavioral modification and "personal growth" wilderness camps. While the sales pitch of Steve Cartisano's wilderness camp entitled Challenger Foundation sold a bill of goods to frustrated parents across the US; a way to control and re-make their "out-of-control" teens, the kids' experience at the wilderness camp in the harsh Utah desert was a nightmare.

RESOURCES

  • Farah, Lynn. “Netflix’s Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare and Its Abusive “Wilderness Therapy.”” South China Morning Post, 6 Jan. 2024, www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3247379/inside-netflixs-hell-camp-teen-nightmare-what-wilderness-therapy-which-camp-was-paris-hilton-sent. Accessed 15 Jan. 2024.

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