Teaser Trailer For BEING HEUMANN Based On Human Rights Activist Judy Heumann; From CODA Filmmaker Siân Heder

Movie Being Heumann Siân Heder Ruth Madeley about an hour agoby Jessica Fisher

A teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming drama Being Heumann, the follow-up from Academy Award-winning CODA filmmaker Siân Heder. The film, which is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, tells the true story of disability-rights advocate Judy Heumann, played by Doctor Who alum Ruth Madeley.

Based on Heumann’s memoir, it centers on the year 1977, when Heumann led more than 100 disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28 day sit-in — the longest occupation of a federal building in U.S. history. The protesters form a tightly bound community, refusing to leave until the government enforces section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which required all federal spaces to become accessible.

Mark Ruffalo plays the bureaucrat who stands in the protesters’ way. Dylan O’Brien, Jon Beavers, Rob Delaney and Ray Fisher also star in the pic, which will debut in select theaters on November 6th before dropping on Apple TV on November 13th.

Check out the teaser below:

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