'' People Magazine Daily '' noted that the film " mainly had a music supervised soundtrack , but not much of a score , so there were popular songs placed in the movie . " Peter Travers , of '' Rolling Stone '' , described " I Can See In Color " as being " a knockout song ... expressing the goal of '' Precious '' to see the world in color . " '' Rolling Stone '' praised the album , and described the song , " I Can See In Color " as being " ... a knockout song ... expressing the goal of '' Precious '' to see the world in color . " Allmusic a majority of the album and its artists . Allmusic described the album as featuring " solid offerings from both contemporary and classic " , crediting the contributions from Latifah , Hightower , Jackson and LaBelle , and stated that the album resulted " in a solid and empowering collection that ( in the words of the film 's director Lee Daniels ) " resonate not only in Precious ' world , but speak to your soul no matter who you are . " '' Precious '' was screened during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival from January 15 , 2009 , until January 25 in Park City , Utah . At Sundance , '' Precious '' was listed under its original title of '' Push : Based On The Novel By Sapphire ; '' however , the title was later altered to avoid confusion with another 2009 film entitled '' Push '' . '' Precious '' appeared in the Un Certain Regard , an award section recognising unique and innovative films , at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in May 2009 . At Cannes , the film received a fifteen-minute standing ovation from the audience after the film was screened . Daniels commented that , at first he was " embarrassed " to show '' Precious '' at Cannes because he did not want " to exploit black people " and was n’t sure if he " wanted white French people to see our world . " After the success at '' Precious ' '' screenings at Sundance , reporters took note that the film could mirror the success of other films that had been screened and praised at the festival . S. James Snyder , of '' Time '' , compared '' Precious 's '' success at Sundance to that of 2008 's '' The Wrestler '' and '' Slumdog Millionaire '' ; both films later were nominated for multiple Academy Awards , and '' Slumdog '' itself won Best Picture at the 81st Annual Academy Awards
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Precious (film)