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“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.

Gabourey Sidibe
Precious

Mo'Nique
Mary

Paula Patton
Ms. Rain

Mariah Carey
Ms. Weiss

Sherri Shepherd
Cornrows

Lenny Kravitz
Nurse John

Stephanie Andujar
Rita

Chyna Layne
Rhonda

Amina Robinson
Jermaine

Xosha Roquemore
Joann
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire is a drama film released in 2009 exploring themes of rape, aids, illiteracy, unwillingly pregnant, balloon, school. Directed by Lee Daniels, it stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton. 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.
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