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'Precious': Truth, Hidden in a Horror Show

When the pregnant mother of Shaniya Davis is accused of having sold her daughter -- a 5-year-old found raped and murdered -- you know there is no limit to real-life horrors. As North Carolina officials look into problems at an overburdened Department of Social Services, we learn too late of another child who fell between the cracks. Yet, do we want to see fictional and graphic versions of the worst things we can imagine? I thought of that as I watched "Precious," a film that is garnering praise, and some criticism, for its grim vision of reality. For moral and emotional support, I saw it ...

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