Sundance Awards for PUSH
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival wrapped up this past weekend with Lee Daniels’ dramatic feature PUSH: BASED ON A NOVEL BY SAPPHIRE taking home three awards: the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award and a special acting prize for Mo’Nique. The film tells the story of a severely abused young black woman whose life is turned around by her new teacher, who happens to be a lesbian.
indieWIRE.com‘s Eugene Hernandez was on the scene for director Lee Daniels’ acceptance speech:
“This is so important to me,” said Daniels, accepting the audience award prize, “Because this is speaking for every minority that’s in Harlem, that’s in Detroit, that’s in Watts, that’s being abused, that can’t read, that’s obese and that we turn our back on. And this is for every gay little boy and girl that’s being tortured. If I can do this shit ya’ll can do this shit. Thank you very much.”
For a complete list of winning films visit the Sundance website.
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