A Movies to See - PUSH based on a novel by Sapphire

The film was written by Damien Paul and based on Sapphire’s 1996 book. The story concerns Precious Jones (Sidibe), a high school girl who is pregnant for the second time with her own father’s child. Illiterate and overweight, she is tormented by her classmates as well as by her abusive family. Her mother (Mo’Nique) uses emotional and physical means to keep her daughter imprisoned in her current environment. Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire explores how Precious finds a way to overcome her seemingly no-win situation.