Oscar-winning filmmaker Si&acirc;n Heder&rsquo;s disability rights drama Being Heumann will open the 51st Toronto International Film Festival (<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/hollywood-news/article/christopher-nolan-set-for-complete-retro-at-tiff-ahead-of-the-odyssey-debut-23632382" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">TIFF</a>).&nbsp;
The film, starring Ruth Madeley as late disability rights activist Judith Heumann, will have its world premi&egrave;re on September 10 at Toronto&rsquo;s Roy Thomson Hall, coinciding with the opening night of the festival.&nbsp;
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Oscar-winning filmmaker Sian Heder's Being Heumann has been selected as the opening film of the 51st Toronto International Film Festival. Starring Ruth Madeley as disability rights activist Judith Heumann, the film will have its world premiere on September 10

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