Precious (based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire)
Lee Daniels (Film producer, Film director), Geoffrey Fletcher (Screenwriter), Sarah Siegel-Magness (Film producer), Gary Magness (Film producer), Oprah Winfrey (Film producer), Tyler Perry (Film producer), Lisa Cortés (Film producer), Tom Heller (Film producer), Andrew Dunn, Mo'Nique (Actor), Paula Patton (Actor), Mariah Carey (Actor), Sherri Shepherd (Actor), Lenny Kravitz (Actor), Gabourey Sidibe (Actor), Mark G. Mathis (Producer), Joe Klotz (Editor of moving image work), Mario Grigorov, Roshelle Berliner (Production designer), Marina Draghici, Sapphire, Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm) (Production company), Smokewood Entertainment (Firm) (Production company), Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif) (Presenter, Publisher)
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, who discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive
DVD Video, English, 2010
Widescreen
Lionsgate Films Inc. : Push Pictures, LLC, Santa Monica, California, 2010