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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. Sian Heder’s “Being Heumann” is a stellar example of a film that wholeheartedly believes in the power of its story and message, so much so that it knows that all it needs to do is ensure the craft around it amplifies rather than distracts. Heder and her collaborators have been profoundly shaped by the life of disability rights activist Judith Heumann, played with riveting ferocity by Ruth Madeley, and have created a film that invites audiences to appreciate the breadth of her work while indicting the systems of oppression that remain standing. -Roger Ebert
*This film will have a sensory-friendly screening and an open audio description screening on 11/14. All screenings will be open caption.
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