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• The movie Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film features Mo'Nique and won three awards at the festival, including the grand jury prize (US dramatic film), the audience award and Mo'Nique won a special jury prize for her acting.

• Fast Facts

  1. Full title: Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
  2. Director: Lee Daniels
  3. Writer: Damien Paul
  4. Based on a novel by Sapphire
  5. Run time: 105 minutes
  6. Executive producers: Lisa Cortes and Tom Heller
  7. Sundance wins: Grand Jury Prize-Acting, US. Dramatic and Audience AwardSundance: Push

• Synopsis

  Push: Based on the novel by Sapphire chronicles the life of a young girl named Claireece Precious Jones. Jones has endured a life of pain and hardship. In her past she was raped by her father, physically and psychologically abused by her mother. These events have led her to live a lonely life which has contributed to her overweight physique, illiteracy, economic hardship and poor self esteem. With the odds stacked heavily against her, she tries to maneuver her way around the rough streets of Harlem in the 1980s, diagnosed as HIV positive and raising two kids by herself.Variety.com: Push: Based on a novel by Sapphire (January 18, 2009)

• Cast Information

  • Mo'Nique as Mary
  • Paula Patton as Ms. Rain
  • Lenny Kravitz as John
  • Sherri Shepherd as Cornrows
  • Mariah Carey as Mrs. Weiss
  • Gabourey Sidibe as Clareece Jones

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Mo'Nique | Paula Patton | Lenny Kravitz | Sundance Winners 2009 | Sherri Shepherd | Mariah Carey | American Violet | Spinning Into Butter

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