Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Is Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire right for your family?

Movie 2009 110 min

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, and 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.

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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 16 (BR)

Likely present: ViolenceSexual contentPolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional contentEducational content

The description of physical and emotional abuse, pregnancy, and hardship suggests themes of violence, sexual content, social issues, and heavy emotional content.

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