Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

“For precious girls everywhere.”

Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) is sixteen, living in Harlem in 1987, pregnant for the second time by her father. She has reached the ninth grade with decent marks and one secret, which is that she cannot read. Lee Daniels puts her in a alternative school classroom with Ms. Rain (Paula Patton), a teacher who is the first person to ask what she wants, while at home her mother Mary (Mo'Nique) keeps her close and cruel.