Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” By Sapphire

• language: English
• director: Lee Daniels
• actor: Alexander Toombs Amina Robinson Angelic Zambrana Aunt Dot Barret Helms Bill Sage Chyna Layne Cory Davis Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe Gabourey Sidibe Grace Hightower Kendall Toombs Kimberly Russell Lenny Kravitz Mariah Carey Mo'Nique Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson Nealla Gordon Paula Patton Rochelle McNaughton Sherri Shepard Sherri Shepherd Stephanie Andujar Susan Taylor Xosha Roquemore
• writer: Geoffrey Fletcher

Synopsis:

Set in Harlem in 1987, claireece “Precious” Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She’s pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret..she can’t read.

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