Precious
110 mins
Set 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; 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.
Aunt Dot
Tootsie
Grace Hightower
Social Worker
Barret Helms
Tom Cruise (as Barret Isaiah Mindell)
Susan Taylor
Fairy Godmother
Kendall Toombs
Abdul, New Born
Alexander Toombs
Abdul, New Born
Cory Davis
Abdul, 9 Months
Rochelle McNaughton
AIDS Clerk
Geoffrey Fletcher
Screenplay
Roshelle Berliner
Production Design
Gene Harrison
Stunt Coordinator
Sapphire
Novel
Gary Magness
Producer
Sarah Siegel-Magness
Producer
Mario Grigorov
Music
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
Joe Klotz
Editor
Marina Draghici
Costume Design