TY  - ADVS
AU  - Winfrey,Oprah
AU  - Perry,Tyler
AU  - Daniels,Lee
AU  - Magness,Gary
AU  - Siegel-Magness,Sarah
AU  - Fletcher,Geoffrey
AU  - Mo'Nique.
AU  - Patton,Paula
AU  - Carey,Mariah
AU  - Kravitz,Lenny
AU  - Sidibe,Gabourey
AU  - Shepherd,Sherri
AU  - Grigorov,Mario
AU  - Sapphire,
ED  - Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm)
ED  - Smokewood Entertainment Group (Firm)
ED  - Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
TI  - Precious
AV  - PN1997.2 .P74 2010
U1  - 791.43/72 22
PY  - 2010///, 2009
CY  - Santa Monica, Calif
PB  - Lionsgate
KW  - African American teenage mothers
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Drama
KW  - Overweight teenagers
KW  - Illiterate persons
KW  - Abused children
KW  - Rape victims
KW  - Incest
KW  - Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - Melodramas (Motion pictures)
KW  - Films for the hearing impaired
KW  - Feature films
N1  - Title from container; Widescreen; Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire; Originally released as a motion picture in 2009; Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; "Fluorescent Beige" featurette; Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music, Mario Grigorov; Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd; MPAA rating: R; for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language
N2  - 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
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