- Disabled activists occupy a federal building in 1977
- Ruth Madeley plays activist Judy Heumann
- Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien and Rob Delaney co-star
- CODA’s Siân Heder directs this true story
- Streams on Apple TV from 13 November
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann is the focus of Being Heumann, a historical drama based on true events and directed by Siân Heder, the Academy Award winner behind CODA. Set in 1977, it follows a young disabled woman, played by Ruth Madeley, and a scrappy coalition of outsiders whose impulsive act grows into the longest occupation of a federal building in American history.
Hundreds seize government offices in the trailer and refuse to leave until a bureaucrat, played by Mark Ruffalo, takes action. Madeline Delp, Dylan O’Brien, Rob Delaney and Daniel Durant join an ensemble that includes the largest assortment of Disabled actors ever cast. The film runs 127 minutes, opens in select theatres on 6 November and arrives on Apple TV on 13 November.
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