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Kravitz, Lenny. -- Grigorov, Mario. -- Shepherd, Sherri, 1967- -- Magness, Gary. -- Smokewood Entertainment Group (Firm) -- Winfrey, Oprah. -- Daniels, Lee. -- Carey, Mariah. -- Lions Gate Films -- Lee Daniels Entertainment (Firm) -- Siegel-Magness, Sarah. -- Mo'Nique. -- Fletcher, Geoffrey. -- Patton, Paula. -- Perry, Tyler. -- Sidibe, Gabourey. -- Sapphire, 1950-

 

Publisher
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2010]
Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call #
DVD
Summary
Title from container. Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; "Fluorescent Beige" featurette. Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd. In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive.
Subjects
African American teenage mothers New York (State) New York -- Overweight teenagers New York (State) New York -- Illiterate persons New York (State) New York -- Abused children New York (State) New York -- Rape victims New York (State) New York -- Incest New York (State) New York -- Adolescentes como madres de familia Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) Nueva York -- Niños maltratados Nueva York (Estados Unidos : Estado) Nueva York -- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
UPC #
031398119777

 

ID #
1408163

 

Reviews and Notes

Music and Video Summary ->  Monster's Ball producer Lee Daniels follows up his 2005 directorial debut, Shadowboxer, with this adaptation of author Sapphire's best-selling novel about an overweight, illiterate African-American teen from Harlem who discovers an alternate path in life after she begins attending a new school. Clareece "Precious" Jones is only a teenager, yet she's about to give birth to her second child. Unable to read or write, Clareece shows little prospect for the future until discovering that she has been accepted into an alternative school. There, with a little help from a sympathetic teacher (Paula Patton) and a kindly nurse (Lenny Kravitiz), the young girl receives something that most teens never get -- a chance to start over. Mo'nique co-stars in an inspirational drama featuring the debut performance of screen newcomer Gabourey "Gabbie" Sidibe. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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