Blackvoices.com has blogged about the first look of Paula’s new film ‘Push‘ where she stars as Ms. Rain. ‘Push’ will premiere January 15 – 25 at The 2009 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. We will definitely have photo coverage of Ms. Patton.

You can read what she has to say about her character as well as Gabby’s Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones. Please be aware that this can contain SPOILERS.

Patton, who’s making a name for herself as one of Black Hollywood’s rising stars, talked candidly and in-depth about her role during a recent interview.

“I play the schoolteacher, Ms. Rain. The story revolves around a young girl that grew up in Harlem that has faced unimaginable abuse and she is severely overweight and has a second child coming on the way; and the world has forgotten her. She’s been left behind. Somehow she got through the eighth grade and still doesn’t know how to read. She’s befriended by this schoolteacher and together we forge a friendship.”

“I push her to keep her will to live and tell her that she can be the best that she can be, and she can do more than anyone thought she can do,” she continued. “Although she can’t read right now, she can go to college. She then pushes me because at one point I was in a sad case with my family because I’m a lesbian and my mom has rejected me. The love that I get from her is replacing that from my mother. It’s a really beautiful friendship.” [Source]

So definitely click on the source to see images from the film. I’m really excited for this; I’ve seen this book countless times upon reshelving it when I worked at the library but never read it… I’m still jazzed either way. We hope you are and hopefully ‘Push’ will make its way to a theatre near you.