Big little man.

Filmmaker Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon) loved parenting so much that after Conn's partner, philanthropist Gwen Baba, birthed daughter Gabrielle, Conn decided to have a second child, through a surrogate. She planned to document that experience on film. She got more than she bargained for. Nicholas was born some three months premature. It seemed impossible that this tiny creature would live. But he did. Now, along with the gutsy women in his family, Nicholas is the hero of Little Man, Conn's absorbing chronicle of his life so far. The documentary has already won big honors at New York's NewFest and the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Political differences be damned, audiences feel for this family. Says Baba: "This is a perfect blue movie for the red states." And despite his health problems, Nicholas's feisty spirit leaps off the screen. Conn says, "He's electrically happy, the most enchanting little one I've ever known."