Being Heumann

And that's why I think the title is It's interesting, the play with the words that they do, because the last name of Judith is human, and it's pronounced as human as well.

And that's why they use being human, because they were not treated as such, and they just wanted to have that.

So

the play in the words is quite clever.

A great transition.

I'm talking about the British actress Ruth Maidley in the Apple original film Being Human.

Directed by Cyan Hader, who previously won an Oscar for CODA.

Yes.

I am your host and movie critic, Dan Burke.

The next movie I'm going to be reviewing for you is Being Heumann, and this is one of the last films, uh, it was actually the very last film that I saw at the Nashville International Film Festival, and it is not out in a theater near you, at least not yet.

However, it will be coming out in select theaters on November 6th, and it will be available for streaming on Apple TV+ on November 13th.

Obviously, this is an early review.

And Being Heumann is based on a true story, and Heumann, by the way, is spelled H-E-U-M-A-N-N.

And the reason for that is because it is about the exploits, as well as the triumphs and tribulations, of a woman who suffered from polio by the name of Judy Heumann, who's played in this movie by Ruth Madeley.

And the movie takes place in 1977 in San Francisco, where disability rights activist Judy Heumann, as I said, leads a historic 28-day occupation of San Francisco's federal building, uniting protesters in a fight for accessibility, laws, and equal rights.

And let me be a little bit more specific about this.