Confessions of a Superhero

CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard.  This deeply personal look into their daily routines reveals their hardships and triumphs as they pursue and achieve their own kind of fame.  The Hulk sold his Super Nintendo for a bus ticket to LA; Wonder Woman was a mid-western homecoming queen; Batman struggles with his anger, while Superman’s psyche is consumed by the Man of Steel.  Although the Walk of Fame is right beneath their feet, their own paths to stardom prove to be long, hard climbs.

“A more beautiful documentary you’re unlikely to find.” (Robert Wilonsky, L.A. Weekly)

“Ogens’ documentary style . . . delves so successfully into the separate lives of these four individuals . . . the film shifts constantly in tone and emotion, fluctuating between uplifting and depressing, heart-warming and disappointing, painful and just plain real.” (Sally Foster, filmthreat.com)

“Gleaming still photos and artful interviews augment rich scenes Ogens captures on the street, and sometimes, movingly, in these somewhat troubled characters’ minds . . . four stars.” (Chris Garcia, Austin-American Statesman)

“Engaging and only slightly sad . . . candidly perpetuates the comic superhero/superstardom theme as it undress the lives of ordinary characters with fictitious pasts but genuine dreams.” (Sofia Resnick, Austin Chronicle)