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  2. Precious (film) - Wikipedia

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    Precious. (film) Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, alongside Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri ...

  3. Sapphire (film) - Wikipedia

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    Sapphire is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, and Paul Massie. A progressive film for its time, it focuses on racism in London toward immigrants from the West Indies, and explores the "underlying insecurities and fears of ordinary people" about those of another race.

  4. Push (novel) - Wikipedia

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    978-0-679-76675-9. Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .

  5. Sapphire - Wikipedia

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    Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, they occur in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless. A pinkish orange variety of sapphire is called padparadscha .

  6. List of Sapphire & Steel serials - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the television and audio serials of the British science-fiction series Sapphire & Steel . The television series was transmitted between July 1979 and August 1982 on ITV1 and was produced by Shaun O'Riordan, with David Reid as executive. More than two decades later, an audio series was released on compact disc by Big Finish ...

  7. Starshine 3 - Wikipedia

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    Starshine 3 (also called SO-43 and OSCAR 43) is one of five satellites in the Starshine project (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Equipment). Starshine 3's main task was to study the density of the Earth's upper atmosphere .

  8. Killing of Latasha Harlins - Wikipedia

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    In her book American Dream, Sapphire wrote the poem Strange Juice (or the murder of Latasha Harlins) giving voice to the murdered girl. In film and television [ edit ] The short documentary film A Love Song for Latasha (2019) gives some biographical background on the life of Latasha Harlins, drawing on memories from her cousin and her best friend.

  9. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Anime and manga portal How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom ( Japanese : 現実主義勇者の王国再建記 , Hepburn : Genjitsu Shugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki ) , also known as Re:CONSTRUCTION - The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave , [a] is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki.