The Franklin Township Public Library is proud to host author and poet Sapphire as she discusses “When Push Comes to Precious: The Novel, the Film, The Reality.” The film adaption of Sapphire’s novel, Push, recently won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Awards in the U.S. dramatic competition at Sundance (2009). Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire is the only film ever to win both the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals Audience Awards. It is a vibrant, honest, and resoundingly hopeful film about the human capacity to grow and overcome.
Push was named by The Village Voice as one of the top twenty-five books of 1996 and by TIMEOUT New York as one of the top ten books of 1996. Push was also nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction. Sapphire’s work has been translated into thirteen languages and has been adapted for stage in the United States and Europe.
This ticketed event will take place in the Sampson G. Smith School Auditorium. A limited number of free tickets will be available at the Reference Desk beginning January 19th, and must be presented at the door on the evening of the event. Tickets cannot be reserved in advance, and will be limited to two per individual at pick-up. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THERE ARE NO TICKETS REMAINING FOR THIS EVENT.
Copies of Push will be available for purchase at the event for $10, cash only.