Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

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.

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  Gabourey Sidibe

  Precious
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  Mo'Nique

  Mary
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  Paula Patton

  Ms. Rain
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  Mariah Carey

  Ms. Weiss
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  Sherri Shepherd

  Cornrows
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  Lenny Kravitz

  Nurse John
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  Stephanie Andujar

  Rita
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  Chyna Layne

  Rhonda
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  Amina Robinson

  Jermaine
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  Xosha Roquemore

  Joann