Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Name: Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-11-06
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 7.3

“For precious girls everywhere.”

7.3 / 10 (1,825 votes)

Overview

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.

Release Date November 06, 2009

Runtime 110 min

Genres Drama

Status Released

Budget $10,000,000

Box Office $47,536,959

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