The Color Purple
2023 · 2h 21m · Drama · United States of America · Rated PG-13 (US)
A bold new take on the beloved classic.
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s20th centuryabusive fatheradulterybased on novel or bookbased on play or musicalbisexual womanchild abusechild bridechild marriagechild sexual abusechristian missionarycomplexcounty jaildomestic abusedomestic violenceestranged family memberfaithfamilial reconciliationfemale empowermentforced marriageforgivenessgeorgiahardshipincestlesbian relationshiplgbtmemphis, tennesseemusicalolder man younger woman relationshippregnant teenrace relationsracismreligionresilienceself esteemsisterhoodsister sister relationshipslaverysoul musicsouthern usaunderage marriageunwanted marriagevexedwomen's liberation
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