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An Apple Biopic About Jewish Disability Activist Judy Heumann Is Coming

JL;DR SUMMARY Judy Heumann, renowned as the "mother of the disability movement," is the subject of an upcoming Apple Original Films biopic. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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BiopicJudy HeumannJewish ActivismDisability RightsApple Original FilmsRuth MadeleySection 504Disability MovementSin HederRehabilitation Act

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San Francisco, California, United States
"The film will focus on Heumanns leadership in the 26-day sit-in at the San Francisco Federal Health, Education and Welfare Building in 1977."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Heumann and her fellow activists travelled to Washington, D.C. where Califano, who initially refused to sign for the regulations, eventually signed them into law."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Heumann was born to German Jewish immigrant parents in Philadelphia and spent most of her childhood in New York City."
New York City, New York, United States
"Heumann was born to German Jewish immigrant parents in Philadelphia and spent most of her childhood in New York City."
Texas, United States
"Just last month, an attempt by Texas and 16 other states to overturn Section 504 was overruled, but the fight for and the threat against disability protections continues."

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