Sylvan Lake Municipal Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Precious [videorecording (DVD)] = La véritable Precious Jones / Lionsgate in association with Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present a Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Group production ; produced by Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels.

Publisher, Date:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lions Gate Films, 2010.

[Canada] : Distributed in Canada by Maple Pictures

Description:

1 videodisc (109 min. + extras) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

3/4 in.

Summary:

Precious Jones, an inner-city high school girl, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant-- again. Naïve and abused, Precious responds to a glimmer of hope when a door is opened by an alternative-school teacher. She is faced with the choice to follow opportunity and test her own boundaries.

Target Audience Note:

CHV rating: 14A.

Subjects:

African American teenage mothers -- Drama.

Overweight teenagers -- Drama.

Illiterate persons -- Drama.

Abused children -- Drama.

Rape victims -- Drama.

Incest -- Drama.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Feature films.