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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jake Coyle

‘CODA’ didn’t change Hollywood for the disabled. Siân Heder hopes ‘Being Heumann’ can

Toronto TIFF Film Festival - (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

A line has been running through Siân Heder’s head lately: “What would Judy do?”

Heder, the director of the best picture-winning “CODA,” was taking a moment to reflect a few hours before she premiered her new film, “Being Heumann,” at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is about Judy Heumann, the disability rights pioneer, and the protest movement she shepherded that ultimately led to the landmark Americans With Disability Act.

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