Nassau, Bahamas –
Prescious
directed by Lee Daniels to close 2009 Bahamas International
Film Festival (BIFF) which takes place from December 10th through 17th.
This touching drama is slated to screen on
Thursday, December 17th.
Winner of three awards at the 2009 Sundance
Film Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the
U.S. Dramatic Competition, Lee Daniels’s Prescious: Based on the novel
“Push” by Sapphire is a vibrant, honest and resoundingly hopeful film
about the human capacity to grow and overcome.
Set in Harlem in 1987,
it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a
sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would
want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home,
she must wait hand and foot on her mother (Mo’Nique), a poisonously
angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is a
place of chaos, and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good
marks and an awful secret: she can neither read nor write. Precious may
sometimes be down, but she is never out. Beneath her impassive
expression is a watchful, curious young woman with an inchoate but
unshakeable sense that other possibilities exist for her.
Threatened
with expulsion, Precious is offered the chance to transfer to an
alternative school, Each One/Teach One. Precious doesn’t know the
meaning of “alternative,” but her instincts tell her this is the chance
she has been waiting for. In the literacy workshop taught by the
patient yet firm Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), Precious begins a journey
that will lead her from darkness, pain and powerlessness to light, love
and self determination.
About the Bahamas International Film Festival:
The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) is a nonprofit
organization committed to providing the local community and
International festival goers with a diverse presentation of films from
The Bahamas and around the world. In addition to showcasing films that
might not otherwise be released theatrically, BIFF provides unique
cultural experiences, educational programs, and forums for exploring
the past, present & future of cinema. BIFF aims to raise the level
of filmmaking, participation and education throughout The Bahamas and
the world.
www.bintlfilmfest.com. Tickets can be booked online, over the
telephone, or in person at BIFF box offices.
