Chicago – Multi-award-winning gay film director, producer, and author Steve Balderson has released his memoir, “Year of the Whore.” Now, he’s celebrating Gay Pride Month by kicking off an Indiegogo campaign to make the book into the feature film “Love Venezia.”
Steve Balderson’s “Year of the Whore” is coming to the big screen as the feature film, “Love Venezia,” and goes into production later this year with half the film shot in Italy. He’s written the script and cast mainstream and adult stars in what can be described as “Eat Pray Love” or “Under the Tuscan Sun,” but with a gay protagonist. Legendary cult icon Mink Stole famous who starred in John Waters’ infamous films, has been cast. Adult stars Dante Colle and Danny Wilcoxx have roles in the movie, as well as Princess of Hollywood Pleasant Gehman and amazing actor Spike Mayer.
Steve has partnered with a production company that will partially finance the film. He’s launched an Indiegogo campaign indiegogo.com/
“Now that the script is written and we’ve cast the film, I’m excited to go into production. One-third of the film budget is covered, but we still need to raise the rest. I hope everyone will contribute on Indiegogo and/or tell all their friends and get the word out there. This is an important film that’s very close to my heart since it’s my life that will be on the big screen. Plus, it will reframe how the LGBTQ+ community and gay love is portrayed in the world,” says Steve Balderson.
“Year of the Whore” is available on Amazon as an audiobook and paperback at yearofthewhore.com. It’s also available on Amazon in the UK, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Poland, Scandinavia, The Netherlands, Australia, and Japan.
For more information, visit his official website SteveBalderson.com and DIKENGA.com for more on his films, books, audio, and podcasts. Follow him on social media in Instagram @dikenga, Twitter @sbalderson, TikTok @sbalderson, and Facebook facebook.com/