To Follow Her Best Picture Win, Siân Heder Opted to Make ‘the Hardest Story She Could Imagine’
TIFF: For "Being Heumann," Heder takes on a seminal moment in the life of the remarkable disability activist Judy Heumann. She imagined a risky film, populated by all manner of disabled performers, that felt more "Dog Dog Afternoon" than cultural vegetables. All that? It was scary. It was worth it.
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