Precious

Precious

1h 50m 2009 Drama United States of America
Budget: $10,000,000 Revenue: $47,536,959

Set 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; 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.

Director

Lee Daniels

Writer

Geoffrey Fletcher