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Being Heumann  2026
Director:  Siân Heder
Producer:
  Kevin J. Walsh, David Permut, John W. Beach and Kevin Cleary
Editor:
  Geraud Brisson
Music:
  Francesco Le Metre
Screenplay:
  Siân Heder and Rebekah Taussig, based on the memoir Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
Director of Photography:
  Jamie D. Ramsay
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Cast:
spacer1 Ruth Madeley
spacer1 Mark Ruffalo
spacer1 Dylan O'Brien
spacer1 Rob Delaney
spacer1 Ray Fisher
spacer1 Daniel Durant
spacer1 Roberta Colindrez
spacer1 Jon Beavers
spacer1 Ruth Madeley spacer1 Mark Ruffalo spacer1 Dylan O'Brien
spacer1 Rob Delaney spacer1 Ray Fisher spacer1 Daniel Durant
spacer1 Roberta Colindrez spacer1 Jon Beavers spacer1
spacer1 Ruth Madeley spacer1 Mark Ruffalo
spacer1 Dylan O'Brien spacer1 Rob Delaney
spacer1 Ray Fisher spacer1 Daniel Durant
spacer1 Roberta Colindrez spacer1 Jon Beavers

Synopsis:
In 1977, scrappy, defiant disability rights activist Judy Heumann and more than a hundred fellow protestors occupy a San Francisco federal building, refusing to leave until the government enforces long-ignored civil rights protections for disabled Americans. Over the ensuing 28 days, the longest nonviolent occupation of a U.S. federal building in history, Heumann and her fellow activists face down political stalling and public indifference, in a fight that would help pave the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Review:
A rousing, crowd-pleasing true story that refuses to sand down its disabled subjects into saintly inspiration figures, anchored by a funny, fierce and fully human performance from Ruth Madeley.