Being Heumann - Review (London Film Festival 2026)
Oct 12
1 min read
Separate But Equal.
Seen at the BFI London Film Festival 2026
Review written by Jack Aling
Being Heumann is directed by Sian Heder and written by Rebekah Taussig and Sian Heder.
Starring Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O'Brien & Madeline Delp.
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 follows up her Oscar-winning CODA with the story of Judy Heumann, who led a revolution to fight for accessibility laws and equal rights.
Ruth Madeley is fantastic in the lead, tackling a challenging battle for representation with determined optimism. Through the protest, the film shines through its characters, many of them being depictions of real life activists. The personalities and human lives behind the 504 regulation. The film may not do much to stand out, but it shares an important message as frustratingly relevant now as it was in 1977.
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