'Being Heumann' Review: Disabled Actors Light Up Si'n Heder's Crowd-Pleasing Drama
The last time Si'n Heder took a film to a festival, the year was 2021 and the festival was a largely virtual, Covid-era Sundance. The film was "CODA," which landed a record deal with Apple TV, won the audience and the jury awards and went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture, knocking off Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog," which had been considered the frontrunner for months. This time around, the Heder film is "Being Heumann," the festival is Toronto and the deal with Apple is already in place. The new film can't be the kind of underdog that "CODA" was, but it can be . . .



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