My Most Anticipated 2008 Film...

Hey yall - I wrote this on my own blog. Thought I'd share...
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Lee Daniels is probably the only black director/producer taking risks and bringing different kinds of stories to the big screen. I admire his ability to transcend the limitations of the studios, making great, yet flawed indie films about black life...well somewhat black...which also seem to be marketed to a wider audience. And he is a marvel at bizarro casting. Take a look -

Monster's Ball
Billy Bob Thorton/Halle Berry/Mos Def/Heath Ledger/Diddy

Shadowboxer
Cuba Gooding Jr./Helen Mirren/Macy Gray/Joesph Gordon-Levitt/Mo'nique/Darnell Williams

The Woodsman
Kevin Bacon/David Alan Grier/Eve/Kyra Sedgewick/Benjamin Bratt/Mos Def

now in 2008 we have -



starring -

	Mo'Nique	...	Mary
	Paula Patton	...	Ms. Rain
	Lenny Kravitz	...	John
	Sherri Shepherd	...	Cornrows

and many, many other black actresses I have never heard of before. At least they will get to work in this flick!

For those unfamiliar with PUSH, it's bleak tale about a fat ghetto girl who gets pregnant with her father's child. It's sad and hopeless, written in a style reminiscent of Zora Neale Hurston. Lee Daniels seems to dig dreary stories, so I can't wait to see what he does with Sapphire's book. Mo'Nique does her best work in dramas. I find her to be terribly interesting when she isn't doing comedy. And Lenny Kravitz...the actor??? Can't wait.