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Little Man | DVD

Directed By: Nicole Conn

List Price:

$14.98

Binding:

DVD

Rating:

Run Time:

112 minutes

Format:

Color, DVD, NTSC

Studio:

Reel Indies

Number of Discs:

Aspect Ratio:

1.78:1

Release Date:

April 24, 2007

Sales Rank:

61,229st

EDITORIAL REVIEWS

Product Description
Without warning, a family is brought to its knees when they must choose between the destruction of their idyllic family and the life of their infant son. When Nicholas is born 100 days early, he weighs only one pound and faces unbelievable odds for survival. Exposing the rawest of human conditions by portraying her family with unflinching honesty, filmmaker Nicole Conn invites the viewer to probe the most private of questions with her: When does caring become cruelty and at what price, life?

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 3 reviews)

One of the best documentaries I have ever seen by Anastasia Beaverhousen (Traverse City, MI)

5 Stars
July 30, 2009
I am surprised and saddened that this is no longer in print. I own a copy, ordered it from Nicole's website before it was even released. What a wonderful story. Really a great documentary to show your children, teaching diversity, tolerance, and compassion. Nicole and her partner Gwen never really come a resolution at the end of the movie, though they were most certainly at odds. I often wonder what became of them, and if they made it. I hope so..... If you have an opportunity to buy or watch this DVD, please do. You won't regret it.

Unexpected by Irene M. Dudley

5 Stars
January 15, 2009
I recorded the documentary off of Showtime mainly because Nicole Conn was the film maker. I thought it was an intense and moving film. I was surprised at the level of intimacy that was exposed by the filmaker of her family and herself. I do not have children but I do think if I faced a difficult situation in the period prior to birth, this film would supply a very stark view of what I could expect in the birth of a child born prematurely or with diabilities. A good film that passed extremely quickly considering it ran close to 2 hours.

A moving and poignant story. by Anonymous (USA)

5 Stars
May 25, 2007
I am a grandmother of quadruplets born prematurely at 29 weeks. "Little Man" is the only film I have ever seen that shows the reality of what a family goes through when a precious little one is born too soon. A lot of the film follows Nicholas in the NICU, and then the film shows the impact on Nicole and her family when Nicholas is discharged home on oxygen, an apnea monitor, and breathing treatments, and what it's like to deal with running a mini-ICU in the home. I had never seen that portrayed in any film before, as unfortunately, that is the reality with most preemies, along with surgeries, multiple meds, and feeding challenges. Nicholas had more medical problems come up in time and the film follows the changes in the family that occur as he struggles. This is a compelling, beautiful, and poignant film and I highly recommend it.

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