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The Color Purple

Duration: 2 hours, 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Celie, a poor black girl, fights to hold on to her self-esteem when she is separated from her sister and forced into a brutal marriage. Spanning the years 1909 to 1947 in a small Georgia town, the film chronicles the joys, pains and people in her life.

Adapted by Steven Spielberg from Alice Walker's seminal novel. Show less

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