Apple revealed the teaser trailer for Being Heumann, a biographical drama film that chronicles Judy Heumann, known as the “mother of the disability rights movement,” as she leads a group of young adults who come together to find their collective voice in a fight against discrimination.
Starring in the film are Ruth Madeley, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien, Rob Delaney, and Ray Fisher.
Being Heumann will world premiere as the opening film of the Toronto International Film Festival, before being released in select theaters November 6, 2026, and premiering globally on Apple TV Friday, November 13, 2026.
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.
The film marks the second collaboration between Apple Original Films and writer/director Siân Heder, who directed the multi-Academy Award-winning CODA, which made history as the first film with a predominantly deaf cast to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Watch the teaser trailer for Being Heumann above.
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