Celie
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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.
- Alice Walker
- 1982
Feb 7, 1986 · Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the film follows Celie, a young black girl who suffers abuse and discrimination in the early 1900s South. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the film features an ensemble cast, including Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover, and was nominated for 11 Oscars.
- (98K)
- Drama
- Steven Spielberg
- 1986-02-07
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 ...
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.
Apr 23, 2024 · The Color Purple, novel by Alice Walker, published in 1982. It won a Pulitzer Prize in 1983, making Walker the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer for fiction.
- Alice Walker
- 1982
Jun 1, 1982 · A Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, The Color Purple is a classic novel about the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Read the book, watch the film, and join the discussion on Goodreads.
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...
- (252)
- Musical, Drama
- PG-13
