Tomi Ungerer, Boundary-Busting Kid Lit Creator, Receives the Documentary Treatment

August 09, 2012

Brad Bernstein and Rick Cikowski's new documentary film, Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, examines the life of the man who inspired Maurice Sendak.

"One of America's most prolific and inventive advertising, editorial and children's book author/illustrators, Ungerer busted taboos in the '60s and forced the children's publishing establishment to accept otherwise unconventional characters as protagonists, like Crictor, a boa constrictor. No one had ever dared to make a kids book about a snake before." More at The Atlantic>>

The film will hit the festival circuit, including a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. It premieres in theatres in France on December 19th.

Watch the trailer: