''Little Man'' (stylized as ''little man'') is a 2005 American

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

film by

Nicole Conn Nicole Conn (born October 29, 1959) is an American film director, novelist, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story '' Claire of the Moon'' (1992). Her screenplay for ''Claire of the Moon'' was also ...

. The film was intended to document

surrogate pregnancy Surrogacy is an arrangement whereby a woman gets pregnant and gives birth on behalf of another person or couple who will become the child's legal parents after birth. People pursue surrogacy for a variety of reasons such as infertility, danger ...

but the baby was delivered 100 days early so the film documents experiences of a family dealing with an extremely

premature birth Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is betwee ...

involving 158 days in a

NICU Nicu is both a masculine Romanian given name and a Romanian surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Nicu Ceaușescu (1951–1996), Romanian communist *Nicu Constantin (1938–2009), Romanian actor * Nicu Constantinescu (1840–1 ...

(neonatal intensive care unit).

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