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024 10 $a 031398119777
028 4  $a 27239 $b Lionsgate
040    $d SILO $d SILO
245 1  $a Precious (based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire) $h [videorecording] / $c Lee Daniels Entertainment ; in association with Smokewood Entertainment Group ; produced by Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness ; screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher ; directed by Lee Daniels.
246 3  $a Precious.
260    $a Santa Monica, Calif : $b Lionsgate, $c [2010].
300    $a 1 videodisc (109 min.) :  $b sd., col. ;  $c 4 3/4 in.
500    $a Opening credits also appear with deliberate misspellings.
500    $a Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
500    $a "Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry present" -- Container.
500    $a 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.
500    $a Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire.
508    $a Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, Joe Klotz ; music, Mario Grigorov.
511 1  $a Mo'nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe, Sherri Shepherd.
520    $a 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, who 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.
521 8  $a MPAA rating: R; for child abuse including sexual assault, and pervasive language.
538    $a DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
541    $d 20110519.
546    $a English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
586    $a Academy Awards, 2009: Best supporting actress (Mo'Nique), best writing, screenplay based on material previously produced or published.
600 00 $a Sapphire, $d 1950- $v Film and video adaptations.
650  0 $a Overweight teenagers $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
650  1 $a Incest $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
650  0 $a African American teenage girls $z New York (State) $v Drama.
650  0 $a Rape victims $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
650  0 $a Illiterate persons $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
650  0 $a African American teenage mothers $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
650  0 $a Abused children $z New York $z New York $v Drama.
651  0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $v Drama.
700    $a Patton, Paula.
700    $a Kravitz, Lenny.
700    $a Sapphire, $d 1950-
700    $a Sidibe, Gabourey.
700    $a Mo'Nique.
700    $a Daniels, Lee, $d 1959-
700    $a Carey, Mariah.
700    $a Shepherd, Sherri, $d 1967-
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952    $l WHPE115 $d 20140607015612.0
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956    $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5897A68A941C11E1A03C60E96AFF544E

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