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Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother...
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, [2] or simply Precious, is a 2009 American drama film, directed and co-produced by Lee Daniels. Its script was written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, adapted from the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire.
Nov 4, 2009 · The comedian Mo'Nique plays Mary, Precious' chain-smoking couch potato of a mother, treating her daughter like a domestic servant and turning a blind eye on years of abuse.
Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire. Thirteen years after its release in 1996, [1] the novel was made into the 2009 film Precious, which won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards .
Nov 6, 2009 · Originally called Push (but recently renamed Precious to coincide with the film), the book, by the writer known simply as Sapphire, tells the story of a dark-skinned, heavy-set, illiterate...
Nov 6, 2009 · Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire - Metacritic. 2009. R. Lionsgate. 1 h 50 m. Summary Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, a sixteen-year-old African-American girl born into a life no one would want.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE, follows Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) -- a pregnant, 16-year-old, overweight teen in 1987 Harlem who's longing for a way out of her gritty, anguished life.
An unflinching film that musters striking inner-city iconography for communion and baptism, carries welcome respites of light humor and includes two divergently emotional performances from Gabourey...
Nov 20, 2009 · In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction. Director. Lee Daniels. Writers. Geoffrey Fletcher. Sapphire. Stars. Gabourey Sidibe. Mo'Nique. Paula Patton.
Precious: Based On the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire. DRAMA. Pregnant by her own father for the second time, 16-year-old Claireece "Precious" Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) can neither read nor write and suffers constant abuse at the hands of her vicious mother (Mo'Nique).
