Presenting Princess Shaw is a documentary.  Samantha Montgomery is a life blogger. As her online persona Princess Shaw, she publishes short videos on YouTube about herself, and her attempts to become a singer.

Samantha is an elder care aide, in Louisiana. She’s struggling to survive on her own, but her drive to succeed as a singer sustains her. Her SUV breaks down, and is vandalized. Other awful things have happened to her in the past, and she keeps going. She sings original compositions, and hopes for the best.

Unbeknownst to her, someone in Israel is following her. He goes by the name Kutiman, and is known for taking YouTube videos and mixing them together. His creations are much like what the group Pomplamoose do, but with various musicians instead of just himself. He’s working on a new song, with one of Princess Shaw’s compositions as the central theme.

Samantha dips her foot into the water of celebrity, and well, I won’t say any more, because I rather enjoyed this documentary. It was one of my favorite films screened by the Arthouse Film Festival this session.

Do take the time to check it out.  If you want to see the finished product by Kutiman, visit this link.  I’d say you should see the documentary first, though.  It should be going into a limited release very soon.