The movie, Precious, based off of the novel Push by Sapphire, is the story of an overweight, abused, illiterate African American teen who is pregnant with her second child. Claireece “Precious” Jones lives in a section 8 tenement and survives off of welfare. Her first child has Down syndrome and when she discovers that she is pregnant a second time, her principle invites her to enroll in an alternative school. Precious escapes her daily nightmares into a world of daydreams. She eventually learns to read and write and, though hardships and struggles come into play, Precious creates a new life for herself and her children.

“Some folks has a lot of things around them that shines for other peoples. I think that maybe some of them was in tunnels.