Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

For precious girls everywhere.

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

Gabourey Sidibe

Precious

Mo'Nique

Mary

Paula Patton

Ms. Rain

Mariah Carey

Ms. Weiss

Sherri Shepherd

Cornrows

Lenny Kravitz

Nurse John

Stephanie Andujar

Rita

Chyna Layne

Rhonda

Amina Robinson

Jermaine

Xosha Roquemore

Joann

Crew

Lee Daniels

Director

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Screenplay

Naomi Peters

Stunt Double

Roshelle Berliner

Production Design

Joanna Shelmidine

Stunts

Nicole Callender

Stunt Double

Rose Sias

Stunts

Roy T. Anderson

Stunts

Derrick Simmons

Stunt Double

Roy Farfel

Stunt Coordinator

Clips & Videos

Official Trailer

Meet the Artists: Lee Daniels