Gala Screenings
Being Heumann
They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann’s phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they’ve had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as hundreds spontaneously seize government offices and refuse to leave until the bureaucrat in their way (Mark Ruffalo) takes action. Directed by Academy Award winner Siân Heder and based on true events, Being Heumann is the revolutionary, irreverent, and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible. An Apple Original Films release.
Southeast premiere
DIRECTOR
Siân Heder
PRODUCERS
Siân Heder
David Permut
Kevin Walsh
John W. Beach
Kevin Cleary
WRITERS
Siân Heder
Rebekah Taussig
CAST
Ruth Madeley
Madeline Delp
Mark Ruffalo
Dylan O'Brien
Rob Delaney
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Siân Heder was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has written and directed episodes of the TV series Orange Is the New Black and Little America as well as the feature films Tallulah and CODA, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Being Heumann is her latest film.