Newsweek

The Color Purple Helped Me Forgive My Abusive Father

Something profound happened to me when I saw The Color Purple. I went in very familiar with the material. I've read Alice Walker's book, watched the 1985 film, and seen the Broadway musical multiple ...
Newsweek

I Grew Up Watching ‘The Color Purple.’ It’s Still Essential

Me, then a bookish young teen read Alice Walker's marvelous The Color Purple. In Celie's letters, I discover a Black girl's voice and subjectivity that resonates with an unspoken longing in my lonely, ...
Decider

‘The Color Purple’ Comes to Digital, But When Will It Be on Max?

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Color Purple (2023) is now available to buy or rent online, less than four weeks after the movie opened in theaters on Christmas Day. The news may come as a surprise ...
Yahoo

Will ‘The Color Purple’ Make a Profit? What the Movie Cost and Earned So Far

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Check out the new Black movies that are releasing to wrap up 2023. Pictured: a still from the upcoming movie The Color Purple of ...
Yahoo

THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Color Purple' 38 years later

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whoopi Goldberg as Celie in "The Color Purple."Warner Brothers/Getty Images Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of Alice Walker's ...
Today

‘The Color Purple’ cast: How it’s changed over the years

In the original 1985 film, Whoopi Goldberg played Celie. More than 30 years later, Fantasia Barrino takes on the dynamic character in a new musical adaptation. In 1985, Whoopi Goldberg introduced fans ...
The New York Times

‘Color Purple’ Struggles at Box Office After Big Christmas Opening

The musical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel seemed an instant hit, but it sold less than $5 million in tickets in its second weekend. By Brooks Barnes Reporting from Los Angeles “The ...
Us Weekly

The Color Purple’s Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Slams Movie for Queer Erasure: It’s ‘About Black Lesbians’

The Color Purple remake star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was disheartened that the film seemed to cut out a central queer story line. She continued: “What is hard for me is that when we have those spaces ...
Rolling Stone

‘The Color Purple’ Drained Danielle Brooks. She Says She’d Do it Again

Danielle Brooks knows The Color Purple’s Sofia inside out. She spent a year as the boisterous wife in the Broadway revival in 2015, and boasts that she knows everything from the character’s Zodiac ...
WBEZ

‘Color Purple’ director Lili-Anne Brown is bringing a who’s who of Black creatives to the stage

This summer is the first time the Goodman Theatre has staged the musical, based on the classic Alice Walker novel. It’s organized chaos at rehearsal for The Color Purple on a recent afternoon at the ...
Cinema Blend

The Color Purple Has Screened, See What People Are Saying About The Remake Of The Iconic Musical

Fantasia Barrino stars in the movie coming Christmas Day. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Oscars, Make room for Fantasia! This is ...
CBS News

Taraji P. Henson on the message of "The Color Purple"

Correspondent. "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours" Tracy Smith is an award-winning correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and "48 Hours," who joined CBS News in 2000. Smith has covered a ...