Precious / presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry ; Lee Daniels Entertainment ; Smokewood Entertainment Group ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels.

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Title:

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2010]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

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.

Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

Summary:

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.

Geographic Term:

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Subject Term:

African American teenage mothers--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Overweight teenagers--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Illiterate persons--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Abused children--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Rape victims--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Incest--New York (State)--New York -- Drama.

Black teenage mothers--New York (State)--New York -- Drama

Genre:

Melodramas (Drama)