EBONI presents acclaimed filmmaker Lee Daniels as part of African American Heritage Month
Acclaimed filmmaker Lee Daniels, director of Precious, Monster's Ball, and The Woodsman, will visit Emerson as part of African American Heritage Month. His film Precious will screen in the Bright Family Screening Room at Emerson's Paramount Center on Monday, February 1, at 8:00 pm.
The following day Daniels will be on campus to give a lecture, presented by Emerson student group EBONI, at 6:00 pm in the screening room.
Precious, based on the book Push by Sapphire, is the story of an overweight, illiterate girl raised in Harlem. She is sexually abused by her father and about to give birth to her second child. Precious stars newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, and features a supporting cast that includes Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz. Mo'Nique won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role as the abusive mother.
The Hollywood Reporter called Precious "a disturbing masterwork of human survival," and Variety dubbed it "courageous and uncompromising, a shaken cocktail of debasement and elation, despair and hope."
Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey were executive producers of the film. "I've never seen anything like it. It's so raw and powerful, it split me open," Winfrey said of the film.
Precious won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival—only the third film in festival history to do so. The film is expected to be nominated for multiple Oscars® in 2010.
The screening and lecture are open to anyone in the Emerson community with a current Emerson ID.The screening will be held Monday, February 1, at 8:00 pm in the Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center, 555 Washington Street. The lecture will be held Tuesday, February 2, at 6:00 pm, also in the screening room. Contact Tikesha Morgan, director of Multicultural Affairs, Tikesha_Morgan AT emerson.edu, with questions or for further information. Press inquiries can be directed to Allison _Teixeira AT emerson.edu in the Office of Public Affairs.
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