Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

For precious girls everywhere.

• Drama

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.

Rating

7.3 / 10 (1,837 votes)

Release date

November 6, 2009

Runtime

1h 50m

Language

English

Director

Lee Daniels

Status

Released