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Precious, the movie, which is based on push, the novel, irritates some. Nov 09, 2009 executuve producer oprah winfrey talks about the film precious, and how important she feels it is for audiences. Precious excessive weight and eating plays a central role in the movie. Aspects of the story help illuminate many of the reasons emotional, physical, and particularly sexual abuse, are risk. The movie tells the story of preciouss gradual escape from that ravenous gravitational well, out of the apartment of cigarette smoke and pigs feet and bed springs and casual cruelty and into a. Originally called push but recently renamed precious to coincide with the film, the book, by the writer known simply as sapphire, tells the story of a darkskinned, heavyset, illiterate african. Precious is ultimately about precious herself, about the unfairness of the world and the deep need humans have to be loved. Discussion guide developed by heartland truly moving. Sep 28, 2009 precious tells the unsparing story of a teenage girl in harlem whos obese, illiterate and horribly abused.

The movies heroine is poor, black, hivpositive, abused by. I saw the movie precious, but what about her mother, mary. The movie precious tells two stories at once huffpost. After precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry. Claireece precious jones, referred to as precious throughout the movie has been played by the actress gabourey sidibe who made her acting debut with precious. Some people tell a story n it dont make no sense or be true. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. At sundance, precious was listed under its original title of push. This is a tough watch, because it depicts so many things that are wildly unpleasant, but it is well acted and well written, with monique the real star. And, perhaps, how many stories there are left to tell.

How push became precious the gritty realism of the film precious is even more intense in the novel push, upon which the film is based. The movie revolves around precious who lives with her abusive mother monique. Yes, i am a cancer and have been known to wear my heart on my sleeve. Jan 01, 2010 precious s story has been featured on sky news and bbc radio 4 womans hour and in the daily telegraph, the precious williams first book, precious, a true story, published by bloomsbury in august 2010, is a memoir about growing up in transracial private foster care. The movie tells the story of preciouss gradual escape from that ravenous gravitational well, out of the apartment of cigarette smoke and pigs feet and bed springs and casual cruelty and into. Yes, i know that the purpose of the movie was to tell the daughters story. Discussion guide developed by heartland truly moving pictures. Based on the novel push by sapphire, with gabourey sidibe in the title role, opens friday in selected cities. It should be intellectually possible to see a story like precious first of all as a story of a young girls battle against sexual abuse with marginal racial connotations, but white is overwrought by the idea that the movie might be taken as a brushstroke depiction of the whole black race especially the lower classes. Nov, 2009 given all of this, i think it is important to know the name of precious mother, mary. The novel centers on claireece precious jones, a 16yearold girl from harlem who has.

I am my mothers daughter and my mother is the daughter of my grandmother. Favorite answer precious 2009 is an adaptation by geoffrey s. The only thing that got me through the movie precious was knowing that it was a true story, other than that i couldnt help but question who in the world would come up with something so horrific. It happens the guardian asked risthardh hare, a social worker in hackney, east london, what he thought of mariah careys film portrayal of social work and sexual abuse.

And it does that all without condescension or triteness. Movie you wanted to love but just couldnt pour precious. Her story illuminates a far greater tragedy than her own. Rather, precious is a composite character, she says, created from the real life stories she encountered while teaching for seven years, from 1987 to 1993, in an adultliteracy programme in harlem.

Precious story, precious hollywood movie story, plot. Jaclyn butler 04242012 intracultural communications professor brook film analysis on 2009s precious analyzing a dynamic film like the 2009 precious is difficult. Nov 09, 2009 194 videos play all precious 2009 full movie captured 2018 full movie mariah carey discusses acting in precious on the record duration. Precious, the harrowing story of a 350pound illiterate teenage girl who is. Precious eats the food in front of mom and breaks into a fantasy of being in an old italian movie with sophia loren in it since that is what mary was watching at the time. Poverty, abuse and hope unflinchingly portrayed in precious. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel push by sapphire. The film, precious, named after its protagonist, took america by storm when it was released before christmas and is eagerly awaited here later this month.

Mar 08, 2010 it should be intellectually possible to see a story like precious first of all as a story of a young girls battle against sexual abuse with marginal racial connotations, but white is overwrought by the idea that the movie might be taken as a brushstroke depiction of the whole black race especially the lower classes. This film marked the acting debut of sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. Given whats going on in real life, including the family in the white house. No other sex tube is more popular and features more precious movie scenes than pornhub.

Jul 23, 2019 pretty much any movie can be based off a true story, but there are a select few that take real life events and turn them into cinematic masterpieces. The melodramatic story aside, precious might have been a stronger film had daniels eased up on the direction, allowing the performances and the setting to speak for themselves rather than laying. She even gets pushed around by strangers on the street. Precious is saved as her story concludes, but what oprah is hinting at is this. Precious, the harrowing story of a 350pound illiterate teenage girl who is pregnant for the second time by her father and horribly abused by her mother, is shot in an almostdocumentary. Her mother, alice tan ridley, is a former special education teacher who gave up her career and became a street performersinger, while her father, ibnou sidibe, is a cab driver. The films first story is about precious herself, a character whose endlessly miserable life is like something out of the trojan women. Precious film analysis by emily baxter and emalyah harper how gender is done as precious learns to read and write on an average level, she begins to find confidence in herself how precious relates to the present day connections between gender, class, race, and sexuality. Watch precious movie porn videos for free, here on.

As the movie opens, precious is pregnant for the second time, overweight, nearly illiterate, and withdrawn. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. In new york citys harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in. Weiss an almost unrecognizable mariah carey without makeup. Lee daniels gives us howls of a life, buried deep within. The previous night, at the gala screening of his movie precious, which he. Based on the novel push by sapphire, or simply precious, is a 2009 american drama film, directed and coproduced by lee daniels. The story s world is stacked against precious, and the movie s marketing engine is stacked against sidibe, but in some ways those structures explain why were hearing about this young woman in the. Based on the novel push by sapphire, took sapphires novel and made the leap to the screen. Was the movie precious a true story based on someones life. Because while precious certainly looks the part of the powerful awardworthy drama, it does very little to convince the audience that it actually is. When shes not getting raped and impregnated by her father, shes getting sexually, physically, and verbally abused by her mother mary monique.

But lee, due to his charm and belief, makes his fantasies real. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. The movie got a lot of praise for the acting and the story that was portrayed but it also got a lot of heat from the race that was portrayed in the movie. Thirteen years after its release, it was made into precious. The gritty realism of the film precious is even more intense in the novel push, upon which the film is based. Is the movie precious based on a true story answers. Then again, if you are a movie buff, you love it when there is a story behind those masterpieces. Precious tells the unsparing story of a teenage girl in harlem whos obese, illiterate and horribly abused. Oct 25, 2009 precious, the harrowing story of a 350pound illiterate teenage girl who is pregnant for the second time by her father and horribly abused by her mother, is shot in an almostdocumentary. Based on the novel push by sapphire, or simply precious, is a 2009 american. True to this belief, sapphires second novel, the kid, is even more unflinching. Rather, precious is a composite character, she says, created from the reallife stories she encountered while teaching for seven years, from 1987 to 1993, in. Never content to resort to pat answers or sappy lifetime madefortv movie melodrama, precious is a memorable story of hope thats really difficult to watch. With gabourey sidibe, monique, paula patton, mariah carey.

Preciouss story has been featured on sky news and bbc radio 4 womans hour and in the daily telegraph, the precious williams first book, precious, a true story, published by bloomsbury in august 2010, is a memoir about growing up in transracial private foster care. And both their stories and silences speak through me. Based on the novel push by sapphire isnt an easy sundayafternoon watch by any stretch of the imagination, but theres a devastatingly heartbreaking story about the hardship of inner city life and illiteracy within young poor american society. The worldindeed, this very country of oursis in many places overwhelmed with pain and misery too horrible to speak of. Based on the novel push by sapphire because it told me two moving stories at once. In creating the movie daniels hoped that the experience would be cathartic and that. Its based on a bestselling 1996 novel called push, by the poet sapphire. Another objected to whites comparing precious to birth of a nation, saying that missed the real critique the film was making about the troubled internal dynamics of. The storys world is stacked against precious, and the movies marketing engine is stacked against sidibe, but in some ways those structures explain. Im 19 and i thought this movie was, well, id heard a lot about it but knew i wasnt ready to see something like this until now. Though she loves math, she can barely read or write. This is a difficult movie to view due to the subject a poor teenager physically and mentally abused by her mother, and sexually abused by her father leading to two children before shes even of legal age.

Executuve producer oprah winfrey talks about the film precious, and how important she feels it is for audiences. Asked in movies, comedies and funny movies, drama movies. Based on the novel push by sapphire, a film that won two academy awards and was directed by lee daniels. Precious jones, an innercity high school girl, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant.

Precious is at the welfare office a regular checkin is required talking to a social worker mrs. The movie under analysis is precious and the character whose diagnosis will be presented is precious herself. Alcatraz, based on an island in san francisco bay, was the most secure. Based on the novel push by sapphire, follows precious gabourey sidibe a pregnant, 16yearold, overweight teen in 1987 harlem whos longing for a way out of her gritty, anguished life. Sapphire interviewed about new book, the kid, and child abuse. Her mother, defeated by life, takes it out on her daughter. Precious lives in poverty with a mother that is physically and emotionally abusive. From into the wild to the imitation game, some of hollywoods finest movies are inspired by true events and personal stories of tragedy, resilience and success. Why some blacks prefer blind side to precious abc news. Nov 29, 2009 another objected to whites comparing precious to birth of a nation, saying that missed the real critique the film was making about the troubled internal dynamics of black communities. But as you watch this movie, you get to see how precious progresses. Sapphire based the character of precious on an adult student she taught in harlem in the 1980s. The final scene of the film, in which precious mother describes the first time she saw precious father abusing her sexually, is.

Claireece precious jones, the obese, hivpositive teenage protagonist of the 1996 book push and the 2009 movie precious, is an irrepressible. The story she spun for precious is a combination of different peoples life experiences. But, as i watched mary silence, physically abuse, and sexually sodomize her daughter, all i could think about as tears flowed was marys story and how she became who she was. It takes up the story of abdul, preciouss son, the product of rape. Nov, 2009 the movie tells the story of preciouss gradual escape from that ravenous gravitational well, out of the apartment of cigarette smoke and pigs feet and bed springs and casual cruelty and into. Pretty much any movie can be based off a true story, but there are a select few that take reallife events and turn them into cinematic masterpieces. In new york citys harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. They are two africanamerican success stories who have helped to. She is faced with the choice to follow opportunity and test her own boundaries. After precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry not at. How author created film character precious through her own sexual. Gabourey gabby sidibe, the star of precious 2009, was born in the bedfordstuyvesant community in brooklyn, new york. May 25, 2011 the films first story is about precious herself, a character whose endlessly miserable life is like something out of the trojan women.

I begin with this mantra because spiritually and mentally i desperately need to understand why tears stained and wrinkled my cheeks as i watched the movie precious. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, shes nearly illiterate. If you are a movie buff, you dont really need an excuse to watch movies. Claireece precious jones is an obese, illiterate 16yearold girl who lives in harlem with her abusive mother mary. Precious the film tells the story of precious the 16 year old girl. Preciousthe film tells the story of preciousthe 16 year old girl. Psychological analysis of precious, the movie researchomatic. Nov 20, 2009 precious is ultimately about precious herself, about the unfairness of the world and the deep need humans have to be loved. Winner of the grand jury prize at the 2009 sundance film festival, precious. Push is the 1996 debut novel of american author sapphire. Jul, 2017 claireece precious jones, the obese, hivpositive teenage protagonist of the 1996 book push and the 2009 movie precious, is an irrepressible character.

Lee danielss new film may be called precious, but the story the director brings to life is anything but. The film stars gabourey sidibe, monique, paula patton, and mariah carey. Precious fat upset mother mary terrorizes girls at job corp. Check out this list of films based on true stories that immortalize reallife moments, memories and individuals. The final scene of the film, in which precious mother describes the first time she saw precious father abusing her sexually, is brilliantly acted and heartbreaking. The film, precious, named after its protagonist, took america by storm when. How author created film character precious through her own. Based on the novel push sapphire interview youtube.