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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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Cast
Gabourey SidibePrecious
Mo'NiqueMary
Paula PattonMs. Rain
Mariah CareyMs. Weiss
Sherri ShepherdCornrows
Lenny KravitzNurse John
Stephanie AndujarRita
Chyna LayneRhondaCredits
- Directed by
- Lee Daniels
- Written by
- Geoffrey S. Fletcher, Sapphire
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Box office
- $47.5M
Production
- Smokewood Entertainment Group
Lee Daniels EntertainmentUnited States
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