Dolly Parton News

The Book Lady, a half-hour Canadian documentary film about Dolly’s campaign for children’s literacy, has been invited to screen at the 40th Nashville Film Festival (April 16 to 23, 2009).

“We are excited to show the The Book Lady to a Nashville audience,” said the film’s producer Brad Horvath. “More than half of all the preschool children in Tennessee participate in the program. Plus, there isn’t a more appropriate city to show a documentary about country music’s biggest star!”

“Some children even believe Dolly delivers the books herself while they are sleeping,” said the film’s director Natasha Ryan, who was attracted to the project for it’s blend of politics and popular culture. “Dolly is a woman who frequently in the same day graces both the pages of gossip blog perezhilton.com and positive parenting websites. She is whatever you want her to be and yet is utterly uncompromising about her image.”

According to Parton, who is in New York preparing 9 to 5: The Musical for its Broadway debut on April 30, the documentary reminded her that she was on the right track: “The Book Lady captures the heart and soul of the Imagination Library and taught me once again that what we do for children will, in the end, be our legacy.”

The Book Lady, which has its US Premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival last month, is part of Nashville Film Festival’s Tennessee Treasures program on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:15 PM and Thursday, April 23 at 8:45 PM at Regal Green Hills Cinemas (3815 Green Hills Village Drive). Ticket information is available at: www.nashvillefilmfestival.org

Dolly’s upcoming children’s book I Am A Rainbow is due out May 14th from Putnam Books.

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