Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

The movie precious is based on the novel “push” by Sapphire, the movie was released in 2009 and it is an American drama film that is directed by Lee Daniels. The movie is about a young sixteen year old Afro-American named Claireece Jones and lives in the New York city ghetto of Harlem. She lives with her dysfunctional and abusive mother, Mary She goes by her middle name, Precious, which seems like a cruel taunt, since nearly everyone around her thinks she’s worthless and lets her know it.

The film Precious is a movie dealing with the unfortunate truth of everyday life for some individuals. The film is based in the Ghetto of Harlem in the year 1987. Precious is a sixteen year-old obese Afro-American teenager whom has grown up in the Ghetto of Harlem in a dysfunctional family. Her mother Mary physically abuses her and uses her as her personal slave while her father Carl abuses her sexually and makes her pregnant two times. Her first child is named “Mongo” shorted for Mongoloid and her child suffers from Down syndrome. Mongo lives with Preciouses grandmother. However her mother Mary says the baby lives with them to cheat the welfare system and get extra money from the government. Following the discovery of Precious second pregnancy, and she gets suspended from her school, her junior high school principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school “each one teach one”. Throughout the movie Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily existence through umagination and fantasy. Inspired by her new teacher Miss Rain at the alternative school, Precious begins learning to read.