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Looking for Precious
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The season's most talked-about film has drawn criticism, attracted praise and prompted soul searching debates.
For weeks, I waited for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire in the movie theaters. The film was in release, the critics were publishing controversial reviews but, bizarrely, the movie still wasn't playing. For all the buzz, Lee Daniels' Precious was the most talked-about film in African American cinematic history that none of the brothers and sisters were seeing outside of New York and California.
Before they saw the movie, many Americans already knew the sad, sad story, as based upon the 1996 novel: Claireece "Precious" Jones (played by newcomer …
