Abigail Hawk Instagram – Four years ago this month we embarked on an epic journey to make a movie called DARUMA. It was a scrappy, low-budget indie film that starred two leads with disabilities. It took 17 years to make from the time the first draft of the script was written to when it finally screened to a sold-out crowd at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
No studio knew what to do with it so we said screw it, we’ll do it ourselves!
So we did. That little film and leap of faith in ourselves took us to numerous film festivals including Slamdance and brought our executive producer, Oscar-winner Peter Farrelly on board. We got an incredible cast including Golden Globe winner Barry Bostwick and Abigail Hawk of CBS Bluebloods.
The film took us to The White House, New York, Park City, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Boston and more. Our two leads both won Best Acting Awards, including John W. Lawson who won Best Actor at @slamdancegroup and Tobias Forrest who won the Christopher Reeve Acting Award at the Media Access Awards. @reevefoundation @mediaaccessawards
We’ve made fans and friends all over the world because we believed in ourselves and our uncompromising vision. We’ve been seen on CNN, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, NPR and more.
And all because we said “we believe in ourselves”, even when no one else did.
To all of you who have something to say and want to make a movie, go for it. You never know where it will lead you and your voices are needed now more than ever.
You can stream DARUMA free on Tubi here: https://tubitv.com/movies/100043415/daruma
PHOTO IDS: Several photos and videos in the carousel show behind the scenes images of the making of DARUMA with the cast and crew.
#indiefilmmaking #indiefilm #independentfilm #makingmovies #daruma | Posted on 19/Jan/2026 21:54:30
