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[ladygreek]

I am debating whether to see the movie. I haven't read the book and don't intend to. But I have see a lot of Preciouses in my lifetime.

[CrimsonTide4]

Great blog post.

I won't go see the movie or read the book. Some things I cannot and will not handle. I won't even see this on BET in 2012.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by CrimsonTide4

Great blog post.

I won't go see the movie or read the book. Some things I cannot and will not handle. I won't even see this on BET in 2012.

About two years ago, I was sitting next to someone on the subway who was reading it. From what I gleaned just looking over, I was disgusted and saddened.

This may be going on right now but I don't want to read about it during my free time. I suspect/hope that the movie won't be as graphic as the section of book I saw, but still.

[redblackdelta]

My chapter, Metropolitan Dallas Alumnae, sponsored a special viewing of Precious this past Sunday. We had a brief Q&A with two mental health clinicians, one from our chapter. We sold the entire theater out and folks are still writing, stopping by, just wanting to process the film and book. The best thing was having our psychiatrist and psychologist there to field questions and just let people debrief. Our participant evals came back with phenomenal ratings.

I've been in the urban classroom 15 years and have taught many a Precious. There are so many things both in the book and film that brought me to tears, but the most poignant, was seeing a BLACK teacher (though Paula sho' is light, lol) save a Black student. Not since the Marva Collins Story nor Lean on Me, has Hollywood taken upon itself to show that we can save our own kids. Lee Daniels clearly is an independent film maker, but I just had my chest out watching it all. I'm tired of students asking me, "Miss, when will they do a movie about you and the work you do?" Precious is my movie.