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The Movie Oprah Can't Stop Talking About: Precious

A stunning new film takes a hard look at an unlikely heroine.
By Jessica Winter
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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Gabourey Sidibe in Precious

Audacious and astonishing, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire proves the truism that movies can take us places we never imagined. In this case, it's a hellish corner of 1980s Harlem, but it's also the fantasy realm where 16-year-old Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) escapes from a world that punishes her for merely existing.

Gabourey Sidibe as Precious.
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