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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire.
Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards.
Nov 6, 2009 · Sapphire wrote the novel Push (renamed Precious) in a fractured ghetto patois that grew out of the author's experiences as a remedial reading teacher.
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Nov 5, 2009 · Directed by Lee Daniels. Drama. R. 1h 50m. By A.O. Scott. Nov. 5, 2009. Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” lives in a world...
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Jan 29, 2010 · Few are as haunting as Precious: Based On The Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire. It’s an, at-times, brutal tale of the title character, Precious, and the troubled life she leads. When we meet...
Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother...
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Jan 26, 2010 · If there was a gold statuette for wall-to-wall compassion, ‘Precious’ would wipe the floor with its rivals this awards season. Director Lee Daniels and writer Geoffrey Fletcher’s adaptation ...
