• THE COLOR PURPLE

    Directed by Blitz Bazawule
    USA | 154 minutes | Talking Pictures

Film Festival 2024

In conversation with: Actress Danielle Brooks, Actress Taraji P. Henson, Director Blitz Bazawule, and Producer Scott Sanders.

Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones, THE COLOR PURPLE is a bold new take on the classic story of love and resilience, adapted from the beloved novel and the Broadway musical.  Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately learns to find extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.  THE COLOR PURPLE is directed by Blitz Bazawule from a screenplay by acclaimed playwright and WGA Award winner Marcus Gardley. Bazawule is a Ghanaian multi-media artist who was a co-director on Beyonce's Black is King and made his feature debut with the critically acclaimed Afrofuturistic The Burial of Kojo.

film details

Director: Blitz Bazawule
Producers: Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, Quincy Jones | Executive Produced by: Alice Walker, Rebecca Walker, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Carla Gardini, Mara Jacobs, Adam Fell, Courtenay Valenti, Sheila Walcott, Michael Beugg
Screenwriter: Marcus Gardley | Based on the novel by Alice Walker and based on the musical stage play, book (of the musical stage play) by Marsha Norman, music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray.
Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Fantasia Barrino
Country: USA
Language: English
Year: 2023
Running Time: 154 minutes
Primary Company: Warner Bros.

Film Festival 2024