Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, is the multifaceted story of an overweight, illiterate Harlem teen pregnant with her second child. The film blends fantasy with reality in order to ...

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Precious is a young black girl living a disturbing life in the ghetto with her volatile, abusive mother. Like every young girl does at some point, Precious dreams of becoming a princess and having the ...

Pregnant for the second time by her abusive father and trapped in a Harlem flat with her sickeningly cruel mother, the story of Precious – an angry, illiterate teenager – should make for disquieting ...

A litany of horrors befall Harlem teenager Clareece ‘Precious’ Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) – illiteracy, rape, domestic abuse, Mariah Carey. The film’s centre is a fully lived-in performance by newcomer ...