Lee Daniels, on why this Oscar season is looking especially Precious
Lee Daniels
Out of the ten movies up for the best picture Oscar, there is one that seems to have left the most meaningful impact on audiences—"Precious," the film adaptation of the novel Push by Sapphire, deals head-on with the immensely uncomfortable subjects of incest, abuse and poverty. Director Lee Daniels has earned a Best Director nomination for his work on "Precious" but this isn’t his first dance with the Oscars—he was the first African-American sole producer of an Academy Award-winning film for producing "Monster’s Ball," yet another envelope-pushing movie. Lee Daniels joins Patt for our first in a series of conversations with Oscar nominees.
Guest:
Lee Daniels, director of “Precious” and Academy Award nominee for Best Director
- Patt Morrison for February 8, 2010
- Is the cost of individual health insurance out of reach?
- Lee Daniels, on why this Oscar season is looking especially Precious
- Teachers’ $43-billion headache: CalSTRS could be broke in 35 years
- This hurts you more than it hurts me - managing chronic pain in children
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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