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Precious, a movie that took the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Festival, also won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. That’s two big wins for the American indie film based on the book “Push” about a Harlem teenager struggling in an abusive household. Featuring two shocklingly raw performances [...]
Lee Daniels’ Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome. Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want. Precious endures [...]
The first 25 emails to reelmoviethoughts@gmail.com will win a complimentary movie pass for the screening of The Fourth Kind in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. The screening will be held at the Edwards MarqE (7600 Katy Freeway @ Silber).
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