"Blessed by angels," is how director Lee Daniels describes his new movie, "Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire."
How else, the director reasoned, would a film centered on an obese black girl living in the ghetto have achieved such critical acclaim, let alone find financial backing and theatrical distribution.
"When I make movies, I anticipate they’re going to go direct-to-DVD," Daniels told the crowd at a special screening of "Precious" hosted by The Wrap Tuesday night at the ArcLight in Sherman Oaks. "I assume no studio will embrace the intelligence of the audience."
(See slideshow of the event.