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“A seasoned and dogged activist, most of the people in Judy’s life are disabled in some way, and it’s her mission to a) wrangle them into action and b) be pretty pushy about it.”
“It’s a film about tough choices and even tougher circumstances, but it’s also about the tangible good that can come from people working together.”
“Mostly, I wrote in my review , though the “drama is marked by familiar beats, its characters bring new dimension to a staid genre.” The same can be said about Heder’s follow-up feature, “Being Heumann,” which brings real life back to the biopic, not only through innumerable compelling characters, but the smart choice to tightly focus this story on one essential moment in the life of the activist Judy Heumann.”
“That Heder would cast actually disabled people in these roles should seem obvious (this is the filmmaker behind “CODA,” after all), but there’s no question that it totally pays off all the same.”
“‘Being Heumann’ Despite the historical implications that follow — the SF sit-in became one of the country’s largest — Heder doesn’t noodle on the cultural vegetable aspect of this story.”
“That isn’t always easy for Judy, though, who remains set in her ways even as she sees real change happening around her.”
“There are almost too many colorful characters here, a sprawling ensemble in which everyone deserves their own film, though we occasionally lose some threads along the way.”
“Related Stories The Criterion Collection Just Got Its First Physical Outpost in Toronto ‘Colin from Accounts’ Final Season Is for the F*ck-Ups That Judy has natural presence is a given, but the central question of Heder’s film — which she adapted from Heumann’s autobiography alongside co-writer Rebekah Taussig — is how she will use all that verve to truly enact change.”
“The film opens in 1972, because that’s when Judy and eighty other activists staged a sit-in on Madison Avenue to protest the vetoing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which we’re told was one of the very first pieces of federal legislation meant to guarantee certain rights to people with disabilities (from accessibility to education).”
“Heder and Taussig’s script distills the legal wrangling down well: this piece of legislation will help bring about massive positive change for the disabled community, but it will cost a lot of money, and Califano has already been asked to slash the budget.”
“‘Being Heumann’ Judy doesn’t care about the cost to the government — why should she?”
“Heder and her casting directors Bernard Telsey and Adam Caldwell have assembled a wonderful, winning cast around Madeley (herself a wheelchair user), including a number of disabled performers, cast here as icons in their own right.”
“The sit-in comes with plenty of challenges (beyond the myriad needs of the disabled community, there’s in-fighting to spare, government pressures galore, and deep worries about how it might actually pan out), but there’s also a streak of joy that runs through it.”
“Fighting for what’s right involves just that, fighting.”