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

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