The Book Lady (2008)

Directed by

Natasha Ryan

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Dolly Parton as she brings her Imagination Library program to Canada, giving children free books. The film shows the launch of the literacy campaign and features appearances by musicians and a children's author.

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What happens

The Book Lady is a documentary about country music legend and pop-culture icon Dolly Parton’s campaign for children’s literacy. Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, Keith Urban, Canadian singer–songwriters Sarah Harmer and Justin Rutledge, fiddler Natalie MacMaster and children's author Robert Munsch are featured in the documentary, which chronicles the launch of Parton’s “Imagination Library” in Canada. The Book Lady was directed by Natasha Ryan, produced by Brad Horvath and executive-produced by filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald and Doug Pettigrew. It will air on CBC Television, Bravo! and BookTelevision in Canada. It had its international premiere at the 28th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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