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Feb 7, 1986 · A film adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life of Celie, an African-American woman who faces abuse and racism in the early 1900s. The film features an all-African American cast, including Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Danny Glover, and was nominated for 11 Oscars.
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- Drama
- Steven Spielberg
- 1986-02-07
The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker that won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
- Alice Walker
- 1982
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The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film 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 summer ...
The Color Purple is a 2023 American musical period drama film directed by Blitz Bazawule. Marcus Gardley 's screenplay is based on the stage musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker.
5 days ago · Spanning from 1909 to 1947, The Color Purple documents the traumas and gradual triumph of Celie, introduced at the novel’s start as an African American teenager raised in rural isolation in Georgia, as she comes to resist the paralyzing self-concept forced on her by others.
- Alice Walker
- 1982
Dec 25, 2023 · A story of love and resilience based on the novel and the Broadway musical, THE COLOR PURPLE is a decades-spanning tale of one woman's journey to...
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- Blitz Bazawule
- PG-13
- Taraji P. Henson
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A novel by Alice Walker about the life of Celie, a black woman who suffers abuse and oppression in rural Georgia. The novel explores themes of identity, sexuality, family, and community through Celie's letters, relationships, and discoveries.
