The Color Purple

About The Color Purple

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Blitz Bazawule's The Color Purple is a 2023 drama film. It runs 141 minutes and was released in December 2023.

Its themes are adultery, complex, child abuse, and 1920s. The story is adapted from a novel.

Fantasia Barrino takes the lead as Celie, Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery, Danielle Brooks as Sofia, and Colman Domingo as Mister. The screenplay is by Marcus Gardley. It was produced by Amblin Entertainment, Domain Entertainment, and Harpo Films. It streams on HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, and TBS in the United States.

Tommy, The Tin Drum, and Funny Girl make useful companions to The Color Purple, all filed under 1930s and 1940s. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 383 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.