BEING HEUMANN Red Carpet Premieres

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. Bringing rebellion in all its forms to the hallowed halls, a movement’s accidental leaders struggle to find their path forward where none has ever been paved for them. Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Siân Heder (AFI DWW+ Class of 2005) 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 and change the lives of millions.

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Screenings

October 25, 7:30 p.m.

TCL Chinese

Details

Country: USA

Year: 2026

Director: Siân Heder

Screenwriters: Siân Heder, Rebekah Taussig

Producers: Siân Heder, David Permut, Kevin J. Walsh, John W. Beach, Kevin Cleary

Executive Producers: Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner, James Lebrecht, Diana Pokorny, Ann Molin

Director of Photography: Jamie Ramsay

Editor: Geraud Brisson

Production Designer: John Goldsmith

Costume Designer: Danny Glicker

Music: Francesco Le Metre

Cast/Featuring: Ruth Madeley, Madeline Delp, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O'Brien, Rob Delaney, Daniel Durant, Roberta Colindrez, Antwan Tolliver, Jon Beavers, Ray Fisher, Andrew Pilkington, Michael Patrick Thornton, Russell Harvard, Charlie Rush-Reese, Rio Finnegan, D'Arcee Charrington Neal, Will Brill, Matthew August Jeffers, Sienna Rafter, Rein Barcel

Running Time (minutes): 127

Language: English

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