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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

For precious girls everywhere.

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, and 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.

20091h 50mRDrama

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About Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Directors
Lee Daniels
Cast
Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
Genres
Drama
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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