Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American rights to Daruma, an indie drama exec produced by Oscar winner Peter Farrelly (Green Book).
Believed to be the first film in American cinematic history to star two authentically-cast disabled lead actors in a narrative not about overcoming a disability, the film hits limited theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Minneapolis on November 15, premiering on digital the same day.
Directed by Alexander Yellen (Z-Nation), Daruma tells the story of Patrick (Tobias Forrest), who discovers he has a daughter as the result of a forgotten fling prior to becoming paralyzed. He takes the girl, Camilla (newcomer Victoria Scott), with the promise of a payout, only to quickly learn that he can’t parent her as she needs. He then enlists the help of his cantankerous neighbor...
Believed to be the first film in American cinematic history to star two authentically-cast disabled lead actors in a narrative not about overcoming a disability, the film hits limited theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Minneapolis on November 15, premiering on digital the same day.
Directed by Alexander Yellen (Z-Nation), Daruma tells the story of Patrick (Tobias Forrest), who discovers he has a daughter as the result of a forgotten fling prior to becoming paralyzed. He takes the girl, Camilla (newcomer Victoria Scott), with the promise of a payout, only to quickly learn that he can’t parent her as she needs. He then enlists the help of his cantankerous neighbor...
- 8/27/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Daruma’: Abigail Hawk, Tobias Forrest, John W. Lawson & Barry Bostwick Star In Disability-Drama Pic
Abigail Hawk (Blue Bloods), Tobias Forrest (Coffee Wars), John Lawson (Untitled Pet Sematery Prequel) and Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show) are among the cast in feature drama Daruma.
Currently filming in Los Angeles, Daruma follows in the footsteps of Coda and The Peanut Butter Falcon in that it features lead actors with disabilities, but the central plot is not centered around disability.
The film follows Patrick (Forrest) who discovers he has a daughter (newcomer Victoria Scott) and agrees to take her on a cross-country roadtrip with his neighbor Robert (Lawson) to live with her maternal grandparents on the opposite side of the country (Bostwick).
Director/Dp Alexander Yellen (Z-Nation) helms the picture from a script that Kelli McNeil-Yellen penned. Both Yellen’s serve as executive producers alongside Producer Jodi Binstock (Z-Nation) with Abigail Hawk and Jonathan Salemi as associate producers. The project is the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant,...
Currently filming in Los Angeles, Daruma follows in the footsteps of Coda and The Peanut Butter Falcon in that it features lead actors with disabilities, but the central plot is not centered around disability.
The film follows Patrick (Forrest) who discovers he has a daughter (newcomer Victoria Scott) and agrees to take her on a cross-country roadtrip with his neighbor Robert (Lawson) to live with her maternal grandparents on the opposite side of the country (Bostwick).
Director/Dp Alexander Yellen (Z-Nation) helms the picture from a script that Kelli McNeil-Yellen penned. Both Yellen’s serve as executive producers alongside Producer Jodi Binstock (Z-Nation) with Abigail Hawk and Jonathan Salemi as associate producers. The project is the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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