Precious The Film

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The 2009 film “Precious” is an adaptation by Geoffrey S. Fletcher based on the best-selling novel “Push” by author Sapphire. The story is centered on Clareece "Precious" Jones, an overweight, illiterate African-American teenager from Harlem who lives with her dysfunctional and abusive mother. Despite the fact that she is only a teenager, Clareece is a young mother who is about to give birth to her second child. Both of Clareece’s children have been fathered by her own father. To make matters worst, Clareece learns that her father has died of AIDS and that she is HIV positive. Unable to read or write, Clareece shows little prospect for the future until discovering that she has been accepted into an alternative school. There, with help from a sympathetic teacher and a kind male nurse, Clareece receives something that most teens never get, a chance to start over and begin a new life. First and foremost, “Precious” like any Movie which deals with abuse of all types; child abuse, domestic violence, rape, incest, physical and mental abuse, are usually hard to watch because it makes us not only feel for the victim, but also to ponder what we would do in such situation. . From a social ethical aspect, the story of Precious present us with many disturbing elements that can be a reality for many victims of physical and sexual abuse, issues that can be present and experienced in both suburban and rural areas. There many girls and boys, and even grown-ups that much like Clareece “Precious” Jones experience many types of abuse on a daily basis. Often, because of socio-economics issues many victims of abuse are trapped for many years with their abusers who will continue to subject them to physical or sexual abuse, sometimes it can be both. Precious also sheds light into social workers and the welfare system. The social worker in the
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