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FilmMovie ReviewsThe Color Purple — 2023

The Color Purple

2023

Drama/Musical

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Cast

Halle Bailey (Nettie)Elizabeth Marvel (Miss Millie)Taraji P. Henson (Shug Avery)Colman Domingo (Mister)Louis Gossett Jr. (Old Mister)Corey Hawkins (Harpo)Danielle Brooks (Sofia)Aunjanue Ellis (Mama)David Alan Grier (Rev. Avery)Stephen Hill (Buster)Deon Cole (Alfonso)Fantasia Barrino (Celie)H.E.R. (Squeak)Ciara (Adult Nettie)Tamela J. Mann (First Lady)Jon Batiste (Grady)Jamaal Avery Jr. (Young Harpo)Matt Gulbranson (Townsperson)

Director

Blitz Bazawule

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Synopsis

Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s.

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