Writer’s Book Promotion Idea Results in Award-Winning Film

LOS ANGELES—Dale Madison won the best LGBT film award and three other nominations at the 2008 San Diego Black Film Festival, with a movie originally intended to promote his unpublished memoirs.

DREAMBOY: My Life as a QVC Host and Other Greatest Hits—both book and movie—chronicle Madison’s life from a schoolboy in Baltimore through his career as telephone operator, artist’s model, movie extra, founder and member of two educational theater troupes, QVC host, African doll designer, drag queen performance artist, owner of an African-themed store, and TV, movie, and theater actor.

After shopping his book to a few agents, he decided to use another approach to help find a publisher. He sat down with music editor Joe Breaux, and turned slides, video footage, music and voiceover based on the book into a 25-minute DVD.

DREAMBOY is an homage to the 1984 Mary Wilson book, DREAMGIRL: My Life as a Supreme, with each chapter likened to a hit Supreme song. He discusses with candor and charm his Baltimore childhood, his gay and straight relationships, his varied careers, his four years as a shopping channel host at QVC, and his work as a background bit player in the Hollywood system.

The movie turned out so well that Madison submitted it to film festivals, and the film is being screened at 9 p.m. March 22 at the Vintage Hollywood Private Club (www.vintagehollywoodprivateclub.com), which will also commemorate Madison’s 50th birthday.

“My goal was to have my book published by my 50th birthday,” says
Madison, “but this works out the way it was supposed to. I want people to walk away saying, I want to read a book about this guy’s life.”

The event will benefit The Village Health Foundation (www.villagehealthfoundation.org). The screening is free, but donations will be accepted at the door. Doors open at 9 p.m., and an after party will follow.

Who: DREAMBOY: My Life as a QVC Host and Other Greatest Hits

What: A screening of the documentary followed by an after party benefiting Village Health Foundation. Donations accepted at the door.

Where:

4000 Washington Blvd.

at

10th Ave., Los Angeles, CA
90018

When: Saturday, March 22, 2008, doors open 9 PM, screening 10 PM

To arrange an interview with Dale Madison or for more info, photos, or a viewing copy of the DVD, contact Malik Shakur at [email protected] or [email protected] or call 310-694-4196 or 323-758-1337 ###