Precious, Lionsgate in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present a Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production ; a film by Lee Daniels ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels
Type
Label
Precious, Lionsgate in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present a Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production ; a film by Lee Daniels ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated R for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language
Main title
Precious
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
Lionsgate in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present a Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production ; a film by Lee Daniels ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels
Runtime
109
Summary
In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, who discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- African American teenage mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Overweight teenagers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Rape victims -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Feature films
- Abused children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- Interpersonal relations -- Drama
- Conduct of life -- Drama
- Illiterate persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Survival -- Drama
- Incest -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
Content
Author
Composer
Director
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor15
- Genre3
- Subject13
- DVD-Video discs
- African American teenage mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Overweight teenagers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Rape victims -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Feature films
- Abused children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- Interpersonal relations -- Drama
- Conduct of life -- Drama
- Illiterate persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Survival -- Drama
- Incest -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Content1
- Actor6
- Author1
- Composer1
- Director1
- Producer5
- resource.screenwriter1