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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.
- Mo'Nique
Mo'Nique was born on December 11, 1967, in Woodlawn,...
- Push
Push is the debut novel of American author Sapphire....
- List of Accolades Received by Precious
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (usually...
- Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe (/ ˈ ɡ æ b ə ˌ r eɪ ˈ s ɪ d ɪ ˌ b eɪ /...
- Harpo Productions
The company's origins can trace back to 1985 when Oprah...
- Each One Teach One
In the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire and the 2009 movie based...
- Chyna Layne
Chyna Layne is an American actress and producer. She made...
- Sapphire
The novel brought Sapphire praise and much controversy for...
- Mo'Nique
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...
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Nov 19, 2009 · The title character of Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is a hushed, damaged, morbidly obese 16-year-old African-American girl from the lower depths of Harlem.
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 4, 2009 · Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. 110 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2009. Roger Ebert. November 4, 2009. 3 min read. Precious has shut down. She avoids looking at people, she hardly ever speaks, she’s nearly illiterate. Inside her lives a great hurt, and also her child, conceived in a rape. She is fat.
Precious. 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.
Nov 5, 2009 · Claireece Jones, the Harlem teenager at the center of “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” lives in a world of specific and overwhelming horror.
