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By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com Guides to Independent Film

TIFF Awards Lee Daniels' Precious Top Prize

Monday September 21, 2009

Precious

Lee Daniels' Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire was awarded the top prize, the Cadillac People's Choice Award, at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Precious also took the audience award at Sundance earlier this year.

Executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry attended the festival in Toronto to promote the film, the inspirational story of a young woman finding her way out of nightmarish circumstances in 1980s Harlem. Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton and Mariah Carey star.

IndieWIRE has the complete list of Toronto Winners

Anne Thompson's festival wrap: The Indie Bloodbath

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