BEING HEUMANN Teaser Trailer Released Ahead of Apple TV Premiere
Ruth Madeley and Mark Ruffalo star in the drama, based on true events surrounding a 1977 federal building occupation.
Apple Original Films has unveiled the teaser trailer and key art for 'Being Heumann,' a new feature that chronicles the 'mother of the disability rights movement,' Judy Heumann, as she leads a group of young adults who come together to find their collective voice in a fight against discrimination. The film marks the second collaboration for Apple Original Films and writer/director Siân Heder, who directed the multi-Academy Award winning 'CODA,' which made history as the first with a predominantly deaf cast to receive the Best Picture honor. 'Being Heumann' will debut in select theaters November 6, 2026 and premiere globally on Apple TV Friday, November 13, 2026.
The teaser trailer is unveiled just ahead of the premiere of 'Being Heumann' as the opening film of the Toronto International Film Festival, set to take place on September 10.
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 winner Siân Heder ('CODA') 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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