Set in Harlem in 1987, it is the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey Sidibe), a sixteen-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... Date Added: 2009-07-16
I'm very offended that the host would compare Precious to other movies such as high learning, lean on me and high school high. All those movies are very different and their only common themes is that parts of the movies are set in a class rooms.its very offensive that she lumped all those movies together because they all have african american cast. That would be to say that Showboat, Oklahoma, Guys and Doll are all the same tired theme (they are all musicals). Precious is about abuse. Higher learning is about racism, lean on me is about improving inner city school and i wont even go there with high school high. i would hope this website would remove that rascist statement by the house... it sounds like that old saying caucasain ppl say about african american's that all african americans look alike. so i guess now all african american movies are the same too!