"Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire" has been named Best Picture of 2009 by the African American Film Critics Association. Lee Daniels also claimed the Best Director prize for the film and

Based on true events in the midst of the 2000 election, American Violet tells the astonishing story of Dee Roberts (critically hailed newcomer Nicole Beharie), a 24 year-old African American