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Reviewed at Venice Film Festival (Competition), Sept. 6, 2026. Running time: 202 MIN. Production: (Germany-France-Sweden) A Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions, Essential Films, Société Parisienne de Production, Plattform Produktion production. (World sales: Producers: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Philippe Bober, Leonid Lebedev. Co-producers: Susanne Mariann, Solal Coutard, Svetlana Dragayeva, Erik Hemmendorf. Crew: Director: Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Screenplay: Khrzhanovsky, with Susanne Marian,…

Being Heumanndid not invent its title out of whole cloth. It took its title from the book its subject published in 2020, subtitled “An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.” Judy Heumann, the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” doubtless had to field riffs on her name throughout her life, and more than earned…