Roberta Colindrez has landed a heumann-izing role.
The 39-year-old Mexican-American actor and writer has joined the cast of Apple‘s new feature Being Heumann.
Colindrez, best known for Vida and A League of Their Own, is part of a roster of new cast additions that includes Michael Patrick Thornton, Antwan Tolliver, Daniel Durant, Jon Beavers and Russell Harvard.
The film, based on author Judy Heumann’s bestselling memoir, follows activist Heumann (Ruth Madeley) as she leads over a hundred people with disabilities in a takeover of the San Francisco Federal Building, kicking off a 28-day sit-in. The protestors quickly form a community, refusing to leave until the government enforces Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires all federal spaces to become accessible.
Being Heumann is adapted, directed and produced by Academy Award-winner Siân Heder.
Colindrez will play Joni Breves.
The previously announced cast also includes Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien, Madeline Delp, Rob Delaney and Ray Fisher.
Hailing from Apple Studios, Being Heumann will be directed by Heder, under her overall deal with Apple, from her script written with Rebekah Taussig.
David Permut will produce for Permut Presentations alongside Kevin Walsh, whose The Walsh Company is under an overall deal with Apple.