After premiering the documentary at last year’s DOC NYC and making the official selection for 2024 Atlanta Film Festival, Grasshopper Film released the new trailer for Amy Nicholson’s documentary ‘Happy Campers’. The documentary captures the final days of the life of a working-class summer colony after the land they use for their trailer park is sold to developers.
Release Date
Directed by Amy Nicholson, ‘Happy Campers’ opens in New York theaters August 7, 2024 and in Los Angeles theaters August 21, 2024. The film will release on VOD the following days.
Synopsis
In a waterfront campground off the coast of Virginia, residents spend their summers living spitting distance apart in rust-bitten RVs. They chuckle about the modest rent they pay for a million-dollar location, but what makes them the luckiest people in the world is more than just stunning sunsets, it’s the community they’ve created.
Beneath cliched trailer park stereotypes lies an unlikely utopia where all are welcome. Neighbors help each other out, and share everything from power tools to simple pleasures. Loneliness and isolation are inconceivable.
When their affordable paradise is sold to developers, the residents brace for eviction and the loss of friendships that span generations. They hold tight to their final days in the sun. The well-heeled crowd that takes their place will never be as wealthy.
Reviews
Christian Gallichio in a The Playlist review praised the film giving it an A- score, writing “Happy Campers sometimes feels like a lark, only glancing at the cycles of capitalism that erase these communities. But it’s nevertheless an emotional exploration of a group on the fringes and how anyone can find a welcoming community, even in the oddest of places.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for ‘Happy Campers’.