Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire — Official Trailer

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Directed by Lee Daniels

• 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