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Fantasia Barrino in 'The Color Purple' Courtesy of Warner Bros. Alice Walker started the phenomenon with her Pulitzer-winning 1982 book, and three years later Steven Spielberg turned it into a ...
Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Color Purple,” will visit Sonoma for a special screening event on June 3. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill) ...
Walker’s novel is many things, none more powerful than a reclamation of value, perspective and heritage from a person who’d been told she was worthless. Here, through song, the character of ...
Visitors can gain more insights into Alice Walker and “The Color Purple" from an Atlanta exhibit at Emory University. “At the Crossroads with Benny Andrews, Flannery O’Connor and Alice ...
Alice Walker, ‘Color Purple’ Cast Celebrate Shug-Celie Romance in Remake: “We Really Needed to See That Love Is Love” The new musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book explores the romance ...
If you’re on the fence about catching yet another “Color Purple” adaptation, I get it. Since Alice Walker’s novel was published in 1982, the world has experienced Steven Spielberg’s ...
Even more than Steven Spielberg's original "Color Purple" film, the musical has difficulty with the sweep of Alice Walker's novel. Movies aren't as good as novels at conveying the passage of time ...
‘The Color Purple’ Review: Alice Walker’s Novel Lends Itself to the Blues, as Well as Stirring Musical’s Sense of Spiritual Uplift Reviewed at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, Nov. 18 ...
In Steven Spielberg’s 1985 feature adaptation of The Color Purple, the characters of Celie and Shug share a chaste kiss, but not much else hints at the love affair that was integral to author ...
Chicago loves Celie, Sofia and Shug Avery, and has embraced “The Color Purple,” the 2005 Broadway musical based on both the beloved Alice Walker novel of strife, resilience and triumph in rural ...
Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” refused to authorize a Hebrew translation of her prize-winning work, citing what she called Israel’s “apartheid state.” In a June 9 letter to ...
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