Long live the doc!

I've been lucky enough to have a pass for this year's HotDocs Film Festival in Toronto, and as usual, the films run the entire gamut of the human experience. Two stand-outs for me thus far, however, are Omar Majeed and Ryan Mullins's The Frog Princes (Canada, 2011), about a troupe of developmentally disabled actors putting on a play, and first-time director Neil Berkeley's (US, 2012) Beauty Is Embarrassing, about prolific artist, Peewee's Playhouse production designer and loveable character Wayne White and his journey from a Tennessee childhood to a Hollywood career. Both are uplifting films about the power of art to transform people. In other words, right up my alley.

Check out the trailer for The Frog Princes here and the trailer for Beauty Is Embarrassing below: