Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Release date: January 16, 2009 More »
Director: Lee Daniels
Cast:
- Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe as Precious
- Mo'Nique as Mary
- Paula Patton as Ms. Rain
- Mariah Carey as Mrs. 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
- Angelic Zambrana as Consuelo
- Aunt Dot as Tootsie
- Nealla Gordon as Mrs. Lichtenstein Show All »
About:
In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.
Claireece Precious Jones endures unimaginable hardships in her young life. Abused by her mother, raped by her father, she grows up poor, angry, illiterate, fat, unloved and generally unnoticed. So what better way to learn about her than through her own, halting dialect.
Producer: Lisa Cortes, Lee Daniels, Tom Heller, Asger Hussain, Gary Magness, Mark G. Mathis, Tyler Perry, Simone Sheffield, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Bergen Swanson, Oprah Winfrey
Writers: Geoffrey Fletcher, Sapphire, Ramona Lofton
