THE COLOR PURPLE (1986)

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Drama Weepie / Tear Jerker Literary Classics Slavery Blackness, Race & Ethnicity Inspirational Speechmaking 1900-1919 1920s 1930s Historical Women on Film Recommended

Cast

WHOOPI GOLDBERG RAE DAWN CHONG ADOLPH CAESAR MARGARET AVERY DANNY GLOVER LARRY FISHBURNE ALICE WALKER

Plot

Spielberg's aclaimed adaptation of Alice Walker's novel of a poor black girl, raped and rejected by her father, separated from her beloved sister and given into a life of domestic servitude and virtual imprisonment to her farmer husband. A bleak tale of hope and eventual liberation warmly told.