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Our next Rialto Recommends takes you to musical theatre summer camp in writer/director Todd Graff's 2003 film CAMP. At Camp Ovation, kids of all ages spend their summer expressing themselves through dance, music and theater. Vlad (Daniel Letterle) is a singer-songwriter and first-time camper caught between talented but insecure Ellen (Joanna Chilcoat) and provocative Jill (Alana Allen). Besides romance, the campers grapple with complicated issues, including sexual identity, self-respect and parental pressure, as they grow closer together and prove their talents to the bitter camp director (Don Dixon). Starring a cast of mostly unknowns, the cast features young Robin de Jesus and Anna Kendrick. Newsweek proclaimed "CAMP may not be as slick as Fame, but it's twice as funny and loads more honest." While Rolling Stone called CAMP "A blast of exuberant fun that stays rooted in humanity." CAMP is streaming on DirectTV and AMC+ or available to rent for a modest fee from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.