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. How author created film character precious through her own. Asked in movies, comedies and funny movies, drama movies. Based on the novel push by sapphire, with gabourey sidibe in the title role, opens friday in selected cities. 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. 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 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. No other sex tube is more popular and features more precious movie scenes than pornhub. Aspects of the story help illuminate many of the reasons emotional, physical, and particularly sexual abuse, are risk.
Gabourey gabby sidibe, the star of precious 2009, was born in the bedfordstuyvesant community in brooklyn, new york. 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. Some people tell a story n it dont make no sense or be true. Discussion guide developed by heartland truly moving. Executuve producer oprah winfrey talks about the film precious, and how important she feels it is for audiences. As the movie opens, precious is pregnant for the second time, overweight, nearly illiterate, and withdrawn. Is the movie precious based on a true story answers. Precious excessive weight and eating plays a central role in the movie. 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. Its based on a bestselling 1996 novel called push, by the poet sapphire.
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. 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. 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. 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. Thirteen years after its release, it was made into precious. 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. 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. Precious jones, an innercity high school girl, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant. Then again, if you are a movie buff, you love it when there is a story behind those masterpieces. With gabourey sidibe, monique, paula patton, mariah carey. It takes up the story of abdul, preciouss son, the product of rape. Lee daniels gives us howls of a life, buried deep within. The film, precious, named after its protagonist, took america by storm when.
Poverty, abuse and hope unflinchingly portrayed in precious. True to this belief, sapphires second novel, the kid, is even more unflinching. 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. 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. The movie precious tells two stories at once huffpost. 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. Sapphire interviewed about new book, the kid, and child.
She even gets pushed around by strangers on the street. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, shes nearly illiterate. Her mother, defeated by life, takes it out on her daughter. The storys world is stacked against precious, and the movies marketing engine is stacked against sidibe, but in some ways those structures explain. Yes, i am a cancer and have been known to wear my heart on my sleeve. Precious story, precious hollywood movie story, plot. But as you watch this movie, you get to see how precious progresses. Precious, the harrowing story of a 350pound illiterate teenage girl who is. Precious lives in poverty with a mother that is physically and emotionally abusive.
Winner of the grand jury prize at the 2009 sundance film festival, precious. I am my mothers daughter and my mother is the daughter of my grandmother. Precious is ultimately about precious herself, about the unfairness of the world and the deep need humans have to be loved. 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. 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. And it does that all without condescension or triteness. The final scene of the film, in which precious mother describes the first time she saw precious father abusing her sexually, is. 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. The films first story is about precious herself, a character whose endlessly miserable life is like something out of the trojan women.
Given whats going on in real life, including the family in the white house. Because while precious certainly looks the part of the powerful awardworthy drama, it does very little to convince the audience that it actually is. Though she loves math, she can barely read or write. Based on the novel push by sapphire, took sapphires novel and made the leap to the screen. This isnt the story of every africanamerican family in the bronx ghetto but it is a story based in truth, and one worth telling. Precious the film tells the story of precious the 16 year old girl. Favorite answer precious 2009 is an adaptation by geoffrey s. Precious is saved as her story concludes, but what oprah is hinting at is this. 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. 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. And, perhaps, how many stories there are left to tell. 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.
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. Based on the novel push by sapphire, a film that won two academy awards and was directed by lee daniels. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. Sep 28, 2009 precious tells the unsparing story of a teenage girl in harlem whos obese, illiterate and horribly abused. Based on the novel push sapphire interview youtube. 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 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. Weiss an almost unrecognizable mariah carey without makeup. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel push by sapphire. How author created film character precious through her own sexual. Nov, 2009 given all of this, i think it is important to know the name of precious mother, mary.
Her story illuminates a far greater tragedy than her own. The previous night, at the gala screening of his movie precious, which he. Precious, the movie, which is based on push, the novel, irritates some. Watch precious movie porn videos for free, here on. 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 it was released before christmas and is eagerly awaited here later this month. I saw the movie precious, but what about her mother, mary. Push is the 1996 debut novel of american author sapphire. Based on the novel push by sapphire, or simply precious, is a 2009 american drama film, directed and coproduced by lee daniels. If you are a movie buff, you dont really need an excuse to watch movies. 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. 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. Jul, 2017 claireece precious jones, the obese, hivpositive teenage protagonist of the 1996 book push and the 2009 movie precious, is an irrepressible character. 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.
And both their stories and silences speak through me. 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. The movies heroine is poor, black, hivpositive, abused by. Claireece precious jones is an obese, illiterate 16yearold girl who lives in harlem with her abusive mother mary. After precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry not at.
Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. 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. 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. 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. 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. Nov 09, 2009 executuve producer oprah winfrey talks about the film precious, and how important she feels it is for audiences. Nov 20, 2009 precious is ultimately about precious herself, about the unfairness of the world and the deep need humans have to be loved. Psychological analysis of precious, the movie researchomatic.
She is faced with the choice to follow opportunity and test her own boundaries. The movie under analysis is precious and the character whose diagnosis will be presented is precious herself. Discussion guide developed by heartland truly moving pictures. Lee danielss new film may be called precious, but the story the director brings to life is anything but. Based on the novel push by sapphire, or simply precious, is a 2009 american. Based on the novel push by sapphire because it told me two moving stories at once. 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. They are two africanamerican success stories who have helped to. Set in harlem circa 1987, the film stars newcomer gabbourey sidibe as claireece precious jones, an obese 16yearold girl whos pregnant with her second baby by her own father. The novel centers on claireece precious jones, a 16yearold girl from harlem who has.
Jaclyn butler 04242012 intracultural communications professor brook film analysis on 2009s precious analyzing a dynamic film like the 2009 precious is difficult. Yes, i know that the purpose of the movie was to tell the daughters story. In creating the movie daniels hoped that the experience would be cathartic and that. Sapphire based the character of precious on an adult student she taught in harlem in the 1980s.
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. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. 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. Was the movie precious a true story based on someones life. 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. 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. 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.
Movie you wanted to love but just couldnt pour precious. 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. The film stars gabourey sidibe, monique, paula patton, and mariah carey. Claireece precious jones, the obese, hivpositive teenage protagonist of the 1996 book push and the 2009 movie precious, is an irrepressible. 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. At sundance, precious was listed under its original title of push. Preciousthe film tells the story of preciousthe 16 year old girl. Precious is at the welfare office a regular checkin is required talking to a social worker mrs. After precious is raped by her father, her mother, is angry.
Why some blacks prefer blind side to precious abc news. This film marked the acting debut of sidibe, who portrays a young woman struggling against poverty and abuse. The story she spun for precious is a combination of different peoples life experiences. When shes not getting raped and impregnated by her father, shes getting sexually, physically, and verbally abused by her mother mary monique.
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