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    Precious presented by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry ; Lee Daniels Entertainment ; Smokewood Entertainment Group ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels.
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  • African American teenage mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Overweight teenagers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Illiterate persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Abused children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Rape victims -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Incest -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
  •  
  • Child abuse.
  •  
  • Minorities.
  •  
  • Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
  •  
  • Melodramas (Motion pictures)
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  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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  • Feature films.
  • Publisher Info: 
    Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2010]
    Description: 
    1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    RDA Types: 
    two-dimensional moving image
    video
    videodisc
    Digital File Characteristics: 
    video file DVD video region 1
    ISBN: 
    9786313478101
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    Contents: 
    Someday -- Principal's office -- Each one teach one -- Big day tomorrow -- First day -- Still hungry -- You coming? -- Meet and greet -- Single step -- All look the same -- Eat it up -- Home life -- For the social worker -- Talk to somebody -- Higher learning -- Nurse John -- Dear Precious -- Can I hold him? -- Ruined my life -- Just a teacher -- Making progress -- Visitor -- Your story -- On her own.
    Format DVD: 
    Summary: 
    In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental, and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure.
    In 1987, obese, illiterate, black 16-year-old Claireece 'Precious' Jones lives in Harlem with her dysfunctional family. She has been raped and impregnated twice by her father, Carl. She suffers constant physical, mental and sexual abuse from her unemployed mother, Mary. After getting pregnant for the second time, Precious is suspended from her school. Her principal arranges to have her attend an alternative school where her new teacher, Ms. Rain, helps Precious learn to read and she responds to this glimmer of hope. Precious also meets Mrs. Weiss, a social worker, and discovers the abuse and incest that Precious has had to endure. Her father dies of AIDS and Precious learns that she is now HIV-positive.
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