‘Being Heumann’ Review: Siân Heder’s Drama About the Fight for Disability Rights Strikes Familiar Notes but Gets the Inspirational Uplift Job Done

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Venue: Toronto International Film Festival (Gala Presentations — Opening Night)
Release date: Friday, Nov. 6 (streaming Nov. 13)
Production company: Apple Original Films, Permut Presentations, Walsh Co., Paper People Films
Distribution: Apple Original Films
Cast: Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien, Madeline Delp, Roberta Colindrez, Jon Beavers, Antwan Tolliver, Ray Fisher, Andrew Pilkington, Michael Patrick Thornton, Russell Harvard, Daniel Durant, Charlie Rush-Reese, Rio Finnegan, D’Arcee Charington, Will Brill, Rob Delaney, Matthew August Jeffers, Siena Rafter, Rein Barcel
Director: Siân Heder
Screenwriters: Siân Heder, Rebekah Taussig
Producers: David Permut, Kevin Walsh, John W. Beach, Kevin. Cleary, Siân Heder
Executive producers: Jim LeBrecht, Diana Pokomy, Ann Molin, Kristen Joiner
Director of photography: Jamie Ramsay
Production designer: John Goldsmith
Costume designer: Danny Glicker
Music: Francesco Le Metre
Editor: Geraud Brisson
Sound: Herwig Gayer
Casting: Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey
2 hours 7 minutes

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