Feature Film DARUMA to Screen at the Trylon Cinema for a Week

Seventeen years in the making, the authentically cast feature film DARUMA will finally come to theaters and platforms on November 15, 2024 and is playing at the Trylon Cinema from November 15 - 21, 2024. The movie is also releasing simultaneously on streaming platforms on November 15 and is available to rent for $5.99.

DARUMA was an official selection of the 2023 Twin Cities Film Festival.

CNN said DARUMA is the first authentically cast film in US cinematic history to star two leads with disabilities in a narrative not about overcoming disability. After two sold out screenings at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City (an annual film festival that happens concurrently with Sundance geared toward lesser known filmmakers), two-time Academy Award® winner and disability advocate Peter Farrelly (Green Book) signed on to the film as executive producer to help raise the film’s profile.

The film will be screened at The Trylon with open captions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Audio descriptions for those who are blind or have low vision are available via additive listening devices in equipped theaters and also via the All4Access app, a repository that syncs pre-recorded audio descriptions with content playing in real time on the user’s phone.

Showtimes and tickets are available on the Trylon's website.

A special screening followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers will take place on November 16, at 4:30PM.

Watch the full trailer for DARUMA below:

ABOUT THE FILM:
Executive produced by two-time Oscar winner Peter Farrelly and directed by Alexander Yellen, DARUMA tells the story of PATRICK, a wheelchair user (played by quadriplegic Tobias Forrest), discovering he has a four-year-old daughter from a forgotten fling. He soon decides that he cannot parent her as she needs and enlists the help of his cantankerous neighbor ROBERT (a double amputee played by John W. Lawson) to transport her to live with her maternal grandparents on the other side of the country.

The film also stars Abigail Hawk of the long-running CBS television showBlue Bloods and Golden Globe winner Barry Bostwick (Spin City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show).

1 in 4 Americans identify as having a disability yet remain the most underrepresented group in media. (Source: Inevitable Foundation)

Additional showtimes and online screening information can be found on the film’s website at www.DarumaMovie.com.

The film is not yet rated but may be unsuitable for audience members under the age of thirteen.