The civil rights sit-in Hollywood forgot to make Oscar bait about.
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads over a hundred disabled people to take over the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28-day sit-in.
Acting
Ruth Madeley carrying history with zero sentimentality.
Direction
Sian Heder making bureaucracy feel like a heist thriller.
Production
Authentic 70s disability community—no glossy Hollywood sanitizing.
Director
Sian Heder
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Judy Heumann consulted on the film before her death in 2023; she never saw the finished cut.
This is the first major studio film centered on disability rights history—decades after studios made multiple Harvey Milks.
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