Precious
110 min
2009
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Precious
Precious
110 min
2009
7.3
Set 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; 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.
rape
aids
illiteracy
unwillingly pregnant
balloon
school
crying
motorcycle
cynical
harlem, new york city
angry
aggressive
frantic
1980s
abusive mother
desperate
furious
apathetic
callous
derogatory
enraged
frightened
frustrated
harsh
horrified
