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The Color Purple: Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey. A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
Dec 19, 2023 · Alice Walker’s 1982 novel, “The Color Purple,” has been a beloved subject of adaptations before, from Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film to the Broadway musical that first hit stages in 2005.
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize –winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the ...
Steven Spielberg, who made the movie, is more concerned with the whole world of Celie’s life than he is with her erotic education. We meet many members of the rural black community that surrounds Celie. We meet a few of the local whites, too, but they are bit players in this drama.
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A woman navigates life amid cruelty and hardship in the rural South before finding the strength to escape in Steven Spielberg's award-winning drama. Watch trailers & learn more.
Synopsis. In the winter of 1909 Georgia, a 14-year-old African American girl named Celie (Desreta Jackson) gives birth to a daughter, whom she names Olivia, as her younger sister, Nettie (Akosua Busia), acts as midwife.
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.
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Dec 18, 1985 · The Color Purple. Release Date: December 18, 1985. Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple is a richly-textured, moving film set in America's rural south that received an astounding 11 Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can.
