Hefner to promote documentary in Toronto

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Hugh Hefner will appear at the Toronto International Film Festival to promote a documentary about himself.

According to Tiscali, Hefner will appear at the festival with his girlfriends for the premiere of Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist And Rebel.

The film, directed by Oscar winner Brigitte Berman, explores the ways that Hefner campaigned for civil rights and sexual freedom.

The Playboy founder also fought anti-abortion laws and censorship.

He said: "Here's an opportunity to have this other side of me, a more serious one, explored by someone as talented as Brigitte Berman, and having it done by a woman and a Canadian with the support of the Canadian government, it's all very complimentary."

"For me this film has it all," Berman noted. "Sex, glamour, politics, romance, tragedy, and conflicts - and many great surprises about a man people think they know, but don't really know."