Lee Daniels' "Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire" was a surprise winner at this year's Sundance Film festival, winning both Grand Jury and Audience awards. I posted about this film when it went into production, Lee Daniels Bringing "Push" to the Big Screen That was late 2007, since that time, you may have seen a few trailers for movies with the same title. Dakota Fanning's new movie is a Push thing. So you'll understand the new distinction Lee Daniels had to make. This is the movie based on the book.. in which an overweight, illiterate, 16-year-old Harlem girl is impregnated by her father, abused by her mother, is HIV positive, and is just trying to figure out what it all means. more..

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