1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels; "From Push to Precious" featurette; "A Precious ensemble" featurette; "Oprah and Tyler: a project of passion" featurette; a conversation with Author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels; deleted scene: the incest survivor meeting; audition: Gabourey Sidibe; "Reflections on Precious" featurette; "Fluorescent Beige" featurette.
Title from container.
Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music, Mario Grigorov.
Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd.
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.
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
For private home use only.
Audio tracks in English and French and subtitled in English.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
1.Sapphire,--1950---Push--Film and video adaptations.1.Abused children--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.2.African American teenage mothers--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.3.Feature films.4.Illiterate persons--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.5.Incest--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.6.Overweight teenagers--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.7.Rape victims--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.8.Video recordings for the hearing impaired.Dynamic Details