'Being Heumann': Trailer for Siân Heder's film about activist Judy Heumann
Apple has released the official trailer for the new film from the director of 'CODA'. Ruth Madeley plays disability rights activist Judy Heumann, Mark Ruffalo a government official.
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Apple Original Films has released the official trailer for 'Being Heumann'. Siân Heder directs; her film 'CODA' won the Oscar for best picture. She wrote the script with Rebekah Taussig. The film is based on true events from the life of civil rights activist Judy Heumann.
It centers on 1977, when Heumann and more than 100 fellow activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco to demand equal rights. It became the longest occupation of a federal building in US history. Ruth Madeley plays Heumann and Mark Ruffalo a government official the activists press to act. Dylan O'Brien, Rob Delaney, Daniel Durant and Madeline Delp also star.
The film opened the Toronto International Film Festival and also screens at the London Film Festival. It opens in select theaters on Nov. 6 and streams worldwide on Apple TV from Nov. 13.