Sian Heder’s follow-up to her Oscar-winner CODA is an adaptation of the memoir of disability rights activist Judy Heumann.
The tale follows her 28-day occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building in 1977, a landmark protest for disability rights and accessibility legislation.
Ruth Madeley stars as Heumann, Mark Ruffalo plays her advisary, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano Jr..
An obvious awards play, Being Heumann will land at one of the fall festivals. If not Venice, than Telluride or Toronto.
Apple, which is producing and releasing the feature, has used the Lido to platform their high-end series Disclaimer and the Brad Pitt-George Clooney action comedy Wolfs.
Seth Rogen also caught a vaporetto to the festival last year, making Venice the backdrop for Season 2 of AppleTV’s The Studio.
