For two weeks in a row, openly gay director, Lee Daniels and the cast of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” have won bit at awards shows. Last Friday, Feb. 26 (pictured here), the gut-wrenching story of an abused illiterate teen who finds hope won tops honors at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.
Last night, “Precious” – produced by TV moguls Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey – won top honors at Independent Spirit Awards: it won Best Feature; Lee Daniels won Best Director; Gabourey Sidibe and Mo’Nique won lead and supporting performances, respectively; and Geoffrey Fletcher won for the screenplay.
“The Hurt Locker” – the independent film favored at Sunday’s Academy Awards – was ineligible because the film showed at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival and was up for acting honors that year.
The popular Indie awards show was hosted by Eddie Izzard and moved from its 15-year tented home on Santa Monica beach to downtown LA.
Here’s the trailer for “Precious:”
Here’s the complete list of winners, thanks to The Wrap.com:
BEST FEATURE
“Precious”
“(500) Days of Summer”
“Amreeka”
”Sin Nombre”
“The Last Station”
BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Ethan & Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”
Cary Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”
James Gray, “Two Lovers”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”
BEST FIRST FEATURE
“Crazy Heart”
“A Single Man”
“Easier With Practice”
“The Messenger”
“Paranormal Activity”
BEST LEAD FEMALE
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Maria Bello, “Downloading Nancy”
Nisreen Faour, “Amreeka”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Two Lovers”
BEST LEAD MALE
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days of Summer”
Souleymane Sy Savane, “Goodbye Solo”
Adam Scott, “The Vicious Kind”
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Dina Korzun, “Cold Souls”
Samantha Morton, “The Messenger”
Natalie Press, “Fifty Dead Men Walking”
Mia Wasikowska, “That Evening Sun”
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christian McKay, “Me and Orson Welles”
Ray McKinnon, “That Evening Sun”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, “(500) Days of Summer”
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, “The Messenger”
Michael Hoffman, “The Last Station”
Lee Toland Krieger, “The Vicious Kind”
Greg Mottola, “Adventureland”
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious”
Sophie Barthes, “Cold Souls”
Scott Cooper, “Crazy Heart”
Cherien Dabis, “Amreeka”
Tom Ford, “A Single Man”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
“An Education,” directed by Lone Scherfig
“A Prophet,” directed by Jacques Audiard
“Everlasting Moments,” directed by Jan Troell
“Mother,” directed by Bong Joon-ho
“The Maid,” directed by Sebastián Silva
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Anvil! The Story of Anvil”
“Food, Inc”
“More Than a Game”
“October Country”
“Which Way Home”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, “A Serious Man”
Adriano Goldman, “Sin Nombre”
Anne Misawa, “Treeless Mountain”
Andrij Parekh, “Cold Souls”
Peter Zeitlinger, “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”
JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD
(For a feature made for under $500,000)
“Humpday”
“Big Fan”
“The New Year Parade”
“Treeless Mountain”
“Zero Bridge”
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
“A Serious Man”
ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, “Easier With Practice”
Tariq Tapa, “Zero Bridge”
Asiel Norton, “Redland”
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Karin Chien, “Santa Mesa,” “The Exploding Girl”
Larry Fessenden, “I Sell the Dead,” “House of the Devil”
Dia Sokol, “Beeswax,” “Nights and Weekends”
CHAZ & ROGER EBERT TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD Bill Ross & Turner Ross, “45365″ Natalia Almada, “El General” Jessica Oreck, “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”
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