Precious (based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire) /

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 pregn...

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Uniform Title:	Precious (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm), Smokewood Entertainment (Firm), Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.), Swank Motion Pictures, Inc
Other Authors:	Daniels, Lee, 1959- (Producer), Fletcher, Geoffrey, 1970- (film script writer.), Siegel-Magness, Sarah (Producer), Magness, Gary (Producer), Winfrey, Oprah (Producer), Perry, Tyler (Producer), Cortés, Lisa (Producer), Heller, Tom (Producer), Dunn, Andrew (Cinematographer), Mo'Nique (Actor), Patton, Pau (Actor), Carey, Mariah (Actor), Shepherd, Sherri, 1967- (Actor), Kravitz, Lenny (Actor), Sidibe, Gabourey (Actor), Mathis, Mark G. (Producer), Klotz, Joe (Film editor), Grigorov, Mario (composer (expression)), Draghici, Marina (Costume designer), Sapphire, 1950-
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English dialogue, with optional English coled caprions.
Published:	Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2011.
Subjects:	African American teenage mothers > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Overweight teenagers > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Illiterate persons > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Abused children > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Rape victims > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Incest > New York (State) > New York > Drama. African American teenage girls > New York (State) > Drama. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama. Abused children. African American teenage girls. African American teenage mothers. Illiterate persons. Incest. Overweight teenagers. Rape victims. New York (State) New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York > Harlem. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Adaptations cinématographiques. Films de fiction. Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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