Easterseals Disability Film Challenge

The 2026 EDFC Awareness Campaign has officially begun! We had a record-breaking 144 films submitted! Support all these awesome #dramedy films by watching, liking, sharing, and commenting. You can view all the films on our Facebook page and YouTube channel. Congrats to all our amazing filmmakers!

ID: montage of images from the 2026 dramedy film submissions.

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The day has arrived. Stream Being Heumann now on @AppleTV!
Judy Heumann is played amazingly by @ruthmadeley in this film. Judy became a legend that the lead the way for so many of us who live with a disability today. And now you can finally see her story and her brave mission to spearhead the historic 504 sit-in.
Thank you for everything you did @theheumannperspective
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[Video Description: Rock music begins to play. Pedestrians cross the street at the crosswalk. Text: THIS WEEKEND WE CELEBRATE. Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann is alongside them as they cross, and since she cannot use the curb, she continues down the street. Text: JUDY HEUMANN. Judy turns onto a busy street. Text: SHE STAGED THE LONGEST FEDERAL BUILDING TAKEOVER IN HISTORY. A person in a yellow taxi cab screams at her to get off the road. Judy yells “Okay” back as the cab drives past her. Text: AND SHOOK UP THE FIGHT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOREVER. A city bus is right behind Judy, and the driver honks his horn at her to move. In response, Judy raises her left hand to give him the middle finger. Text: BEING HEUMANN. The driver honks again. Text: NOW STREAMING. APPLE TV LOGO.]

Our New York squad of film challenge participants showed up to watch BEING HEUMANN at the @regalmovies Times Square theater. They came to support this amazing movie about disabilty rights activist Judy Heumann’s journey to get the 504 passed that eventually lead to the ADA. We encourage everyone to see this film in theaters during it’s limited release and/or catch it on Apple TV beginning Nov. 13! We need more disabled stories to be told so let’s watch and suppprt films like these!

ID: group of people with disabilities gather in front of the theater where BEING HEUMANN showed in NYC

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Rebecca Cokley, Program Director U.S. Disability Rights Ford Foundation, talks about how people with disabilities can shift the narrative in the entertainment industry.

ID: @rebecca_a_cokley , a little person wearing a silver dress gets interviewed at the 2026 EDFC awards show. B-Roll images from the awards show are interspersed throughout.

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Wishing long time EDFC participant and supporter Anna Pakman a happy birthday! Her 2026 film BACK TO THE DARK AGES won the BEST AWARENESS award and she discusses how important it was for her to make a film addressing the issue of long-COVID and to “give light to people who feel very much left behind by the world today.”

ID: @annatated sits facing the camera wearing a multicolored shirt. B-Roll images from her film and the awards show are interspersed throughout.

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