Lenny Kravitz to make his feature-starring debut in Push
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By Super Admin
Wednesday,
October
31,
2007
Washington
(ANI):
Rocker
Lenny
Kravitz
is
set
to
make
his
feature-starring
debut
in
the
new
film
Push,
an
independently
financed
adaptation
of
the
best-selling
novel
by
Sapphire
(Ramona
Lofton).The
film,
to
be
directed
Lee
Daniels,
also
stars
Mo'nique,
Paula
Patton
and
newcomer
Gabourey
"Gabbie" Sidibe.
Geoffrey
Fletcher
has
penned
the
script
of
the
film
and
the
production
is
just
getting
under
way
in
New
York.
The
film
is
a
co-production
of
Lee
Daniels
Entertainment
and
Smokewood
Entertainment
Group,
with
the
latter
financing.
The
story
of
the
movie
centres
on
Clareece
"Precious"
Jones,
an
overweight,
illiterate
African-American
teen
in
Harlem.
Just
as
she's
about
to
give
birth
to
her
second
child,
Jones
is
accepted
into
an
alternative
school
where
a
teacher,
played
by
Patton,
helps
her
find
an
alternative
path
in
her
life.
Mo'nique
plays
the
role
of
the
girl's
mum
and
Kravitz
plays
the
role
of
a
nurse
who
shows
kindness
to
Jones.
"Push
is
as
important
to
me
as
Roots,
and
I'm
honoured
that
Sapphire
entrusted
me
with
her
book,"
Variety
quoted
Daniels,
as
saying.
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