(JTA) – The bright, colorful movie musical “The Color Purple,” which opens in theaters on Christmas, tells a story that has by now become a familiar part of the American canon — of a young Black woman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 40 years ago Alice Walker unleashed “The Color Purple” amidst an avalanche of unyielding criticism coupled with lionizing ...

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A version of “The Color Purple” for the next generation is just months away. The highly anticipated musical film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical based on the book of the same ...

Years before Nashville native Tiffany Burgess made her big screen debut in "The Color Purple" — the 2023 film adaptation of the stage musical — she retreated to her creative space. Underneath the ...

"The Color Purple" has evolved many times over the years. Starting from the book that Alice Walker wrote in 1982, the story starring Celie — a young, uneducated African American woman, who ends up ...

A new spin on a classic novel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Since its publication in 1982, Alice Walker’s landmark novel, The ...

Nearly 40 years ago Alice Walker unleashed “The Color Purple” amidst an avalanche of unyielding criticism coupled with lionizing commentary which has accompanied the project into additional ...