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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.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Based upon the book "Push", a novel by Sapphire.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Opening credits also appear with deliberate misspellings.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (110 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.
Awards:Academy Awards, 2009: Best Picture, Best actress (Mo'Nique), and best director ; Golden Globe Winner, Best supporting actress, Monique, Best Picture Drama, Best Actress Drama, Gabourey Sidibe ; Best Picture of 2009, Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Production Credits:Co-executive producer, Simone Sheffield ; co-producer, Mark G. Mathis ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music by Mario Grigorov ; music supervisor, Lynn Fainchtein ; production designer, Roshelle Berliner ; costume designer, Marina Draghici.