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The Color Purple

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Steven Spielberg's Oscar-nominated drama, based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey

Georgia 1909: Celie, a teenage mother parted from her children, is married off to a brutal widower, Albert Johnson. A life of servitude and maltreatment begins, but Celie refuses to buckle.
(1985) ***
See Films: pages 71-76

Contributors

Director:
Steven Spielberg
Based on the novel by:
Alice Walker
Celie:
Whoopi Goldberg
Albert Johnson:
Danny Glover
Sofia:
Oprah Winfrey
Shug Avery:
Margaret Avery
Harpo:
Willard Pugh
Nettie:
Akosua Busia
Young Celie:
Desreta Jackson
Old Mr:
Adolph Caesar
Squeak:
Rae Dawn Chong
Miss Millie:
Dana Ivey
Pa:
Leonard Jackson
Source: Radio Times

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