Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

1h 50m · 2009 · Directed by Lee Daniels · 3.8 / 5 on Letterboxd

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009) runs 1h 50m, directed by Lee Daniels. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Drama

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