The Color Purple Review: Run, Don't Walk To See This Gorgeous, Soulful Musical Adaptation
If there was ever a time to support a remake, it’s now with Blitz Bazawule’s beautifully acted and timely The Color Purple.
The Color Purple (2023)
Based on the novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple is a drama-musical film by director Blitz Bazawule. The film centers on Celie, a young African American woman living through the tumultuous era of the early 1900s in the South who finds her independence through a budding sisterhood that she cultivates over decades.
The Color Purple (2023)
- Release Date
- December 25, 2023
- Director
- Blitz Bazawule
- Cast
- Taraji P. Henson , Danielle Brooks , Colman Domingo , Corey Hawkins , Halle Bailey , H.E.R. , Phylicia Pearl Mpasi , Fantasia Barrino
- Writers
- Marcus Gardley
- Story By
- Alice Walker, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, Marsha Norman
- Studio(s)
- Harpo Films , Amblin Entertainment , Scott Sanders Productions , Quincy Jones Productions
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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