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Producing Precious
Culture, Publishing/Literary
Lisa Cortés has been navigating the
Eventually the
Books on the Root talked with Cortés about the representation of black women in film, healing, and the work of Octavia Butler.
Books on the Root: Tell me about Precious.
Lisa Cortés: Precious
was a very political and personal film for me to make. It was political
because so many of the issues, from literacy to overall neglect and
sexual abuse are so prevalent in the film but not talked about or
addressed actively as they should be. The film has provided a
tremendous forum for healing and discussion.
It was personal because as a black woman, I don't see myself when I
go to the movies. I don't see the beauty and range of our journeys. Not
everyone in Precious is good; there are bad people; there are people who transform. There is a range of black women in Precious from Mo'Nique to Paula [Patton] to Gabby [Sidibe] to Mariah [Carey] to Sherri
[Shepherd] that shows a full spectrum of who we are. When's the last
time we could go to the movies and see ourselves in such complexity and
handled with such intelligence?
Read the entire interview.
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