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

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Gabourey Sidibe as Precious
• Mo'Nique as Mary
• Paula Patton as Ms. Rain
• Mariah Carey as Ms. Weiss
• Sherri Shepherd as Cornrows
• Lenny Kravitz as Nurse John
• Stephanie Andujar as Rita
• Chyna Layne as Rhonda
• Amina Robinson as Jermaine
• Xosha Roquemore as Joann

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