MJFF Screening: "Being Heumann"
Posted by Lauren Gold on 10/08/2026 @ 10:05 AM
Monday, October 26 | 7:30 PM
The Miami Jewish Film Festival presents Academy Award-winning filmmaker Siân Heder, director of Coda, with the extraordinary true story of Judy Heumann, the Jewish activist who became known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement." With a breakout performance by Ruth Madeley, alongside Dylan O’Brien, this exhilarating true story has captivated audiences on the fall festival circuit and is already generating major awards buzz.
The evening includes a talkback with nationally recognized disability rights advocates Alan T. Brown, Director of New Partner Engagement at the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, and Dr. Susan Solman, DPM, RPh, retired Associate Professor of Pharmacology at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine/MPAS, Nancy Zaretsky, MA, Federation Disability Specialist, will moderate.
Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Coral Gables




