FilmSkool — a free film school
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
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.
2009 · Directed by Lee Daniels · 110 min · Drama · 12 frames
Tagline
For precious girls everywhere.
Crew
- Screenplay: Geoffrey S. Fletcher
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Joe Klotz
- Music: Mario Grigorov
- Production design: Roshelle Berliner
- Produced by: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness
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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: Smokewood Entertainment Group, Lee Daniels Entertainment
- Budget: $10,000,000
- Box office: $47,536,959
- Themes: rape, aids, illiteracy, unwillingly pregnant, balloon, school, crying, motorcycle, cynical, harlem, new york city
Own the film
FilmSkool earns a small commission from qualifying Amazon purchases, at no cost to you.
More by Lee Daniels
On this film
This is the plain index, shown because JavaScript is off. Every lesson here is a free video published by the channel credited on it and plays through that channel's own embed — FilmSkool hosts nothing.