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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 ...
Feb 7, 1986 · 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.
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Dec 19, 2023 · “The Color Purple” is a brilliant emotional portrait of a woman's life, marked by the inherent adversities of Black womanhood, and the unguaranteed but unfortunately not uncommon ones, too. And yet, amidst the weight of irrepressible odds, the true effect of “The Color Purple” is the solidarity of Black sisterhood, familial or otherwise.
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.
Plot. Celie, a poor African-American girl, lives in rural Georgia in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her father Alphonso beats and rapes her. Due to the rape, she gives birth to two children, Olivia and Adam, whom Alphonso takes away.
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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1985 · 2 hr 34 min. PG-13. Drama. Follows the 40-year journey of self-actualization for a Black woman living a punishing life at the hands of brutal men in segregated rural Georgia. Subtitles: English.
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.
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...
