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
Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher
Producer: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness
Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn
Claireece "Precious" Jones
Mary Lee Johnston
Blu Rain
Mrs. Weiss
John McFadden
Lisa Cornrows
Rita Romero
Rhonda Patrice Johnson
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