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‘Being Heumann’ Review: You’ve gotta fight for your disability rights

‘Being Heumann’ Review: You’ve gotta fight for your disability rights
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Siân Heder’s biopic about disabled rights activist Judy Heumann, played by Ruth Madeley, opens with Iggy Pop’s “The Passenger” as we watch her maneuver her wheelchair through New York City traffic on Madison Avenue. It’s 1972, before sidewalks had ramps. Frustrated, she wheels down the crowded stree

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