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.