Being Heumann
“Based on a true revolution.”
Scrappy, defiant, and done being treated like a burden, Judy Heumann turns her outrage into a revolution. In 1977, she and more than 100 disability rights protestors send a very loud message: The system is broken—not us.
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Ruth Madeley
Judith 'Judy' Heumann
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The War Between the Land and the Sea
Mark Ruffalo
Joseph Califano
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Shutter Island
The Avengers
Dylan O'Brien
Evan White
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The Maze Runner
Teen Wolf
Madeline Delp
Kitty Cone
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Ballroom
Rob Delaney
Congressman Miller
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Tom & Jerry
Ray Fisher
Chuck Jackson
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Zack Snyder's Justice League
True Detective
Michael Patrick Thornton
Ed Roberts
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Away
Let the Right One In
Antwan Tolliver
Brad Lomax
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Daniel Durant
Steve McCleeland
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CODA
Switched at Birth
Jon Beavers
Jim Pechin
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Paradise
The Long Road Home
Roberta Colindrez
Joni Breves
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The Deuce
Eric
Siena Rafter
Lynette
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Sian Heder Director · Rebekah Taussig Screenplay Judith Heumann Author
United States release November 6, 2026 · Produced in United States · Production Gravity Squared Entertainment, Apple Studios
Production
Permut Presentations
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Gravity Squared Entertainment
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Apple Studios
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The Walsh Company
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Release dates
Canada · September 10, 2026
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 6, 2026
Limited theatrical
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