Precious (2009) was originally a novel written by Sapphire‚ although its screenplay was authored by Geoffrey Fletcher. Clarice Precious Jones‚ who is known by her middle name‚ has coped with abuse her entire life. Her father continuously abuses sexually by raping her‚ and now she is pregnant with his second child. Precious’ mother‚ Mary‚ inflicts a different type of abuse upon her daughter. She forces Precious to overeat‚ which has caused major obesity and thus has diminished her self-esteem
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Lee Daniels’ did an exceptional job when producing the film Precious. The way he thought out the cast was well planned and pushed the envelope on controversial social issues as he’s always done. It was more than just another black movie‚ but a universal movie about many of life’s combative struggles. Producing Precious was an opportunity to open up the dialogue about incest‚ molestation‚ verbal abuse‚ obesity‚ and other topics that are difficult to talk about within society. The film was created
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1. In the movie‚ Precious deals with at least 10 different issues. Identify at least 5 and discuss in detail. What is the issue‚ how does it play out in her life‚ how does it impact her‚ etc. (15 pts.). 1. She has a multitudes of issues. She was abused from the age of 3 by her father and her mother letting it happen. This appears to be when her mom started to resent her because the father wanted her more than the mother. The sexual abuse of her father caused her to have 2 children. The oldest
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in love with one another. Basically the moral of the story seems to be that the rich people were stuck up and greedy‚ while there was some stereotype in this movie when it came to possessions. Back then people were either considered rich or poor. I think that movies like “Titanic” having
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strive to fulfil their potentials. Thus Rodger argues that if the innate potential of this nature is allowed to unfold then the optimal personal development will follow. Firstly this essay will define Rodgers main concepts clearly. Secondly it will relate the concepts to the depiction of Precious’ life story as seen in the film. Lastly it will argue that Precious’ does depict self- actualisation. The Self- Actualising tendency is defined as the ‘self’ which emerges from the ‘perceptual field’ that expresses
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“Precious” (2010) was a tremendously moving film‚ focused on the life of a sixteen-year-old‚ African American girl who lived in Harlem. She endured an overwhelming and diabolical amount of physical abuse from her mother‚ verbal abuse‚ and sexual abuse from her father (which resulted in two pregnancies and births). She struggles for normalcy; trying to provide the stability and safety for her children that she never got herself. She then is diagnosed with HIV‚ while she was trying to get her education
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Policies) are in lieu. I would like to use the movie "Precious" by the director "Lee Daniels" as a reference as I talk about the topic of "Mandating Reporting and Privacy Policies" this movie is grounded in New York City’s‚ Harlem‚ in 1987. It’s about an overweight‚ mistreated‚ an uneducated teen who is pregnant with her second child by her stepfather who has also suffered horrific child abuse by her mother along with explicit sexual acts. Precious is invited to enroll in an alternative school in
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The movie “Precious”‚ is based on a novel “Push” by an American author Sapphire. It takes place in Harlem‚ New York the time period was 1987. We meet Claricee Precious Jones‚ but goes by Precious who is the main role in the film portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe. The film shows us that she is a sixteen year old girl who is illiterate‚ obese‚ and does not have any friends. She a feminization of poverty. Who has been raped by her father which resulted a incest pregnancy with two kids one of them “Mongo”
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Precious Summary The film Precious directed by Lee Daniels is a solemn movie dealing with the unfortunate truths of everyday life for some individuals. The film staring Gabourey Sidibe who plays the main character Clarice “Precious” Jones along with co-stars Mariah Carey and Leni Kravitz is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year of 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old illiterate morbidly obese teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary verbally
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Precious Hollywood has never understood the real meaning of poverty‚ culture class‚ deviance‚ or sexual orientation until a director‚ Lee Daniels‚ had read the book “Push”‚ by Saphire‚ which the movie is an exact replicate of the book. When I had first seen the movie‚ I was very astonished at all the cursing and abuse that they had shown‚ I was also amazed that the director Lee Daniels‚ went over the line to show how hard it actually is to be a poor‚ young 16-year-old‚ African American
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