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The Color Purple

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Drama
Release Date:December 16, 1985
Running time:152 minutes
Cast:Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Willard E. Pugh
Director:Steven Spielberg
Writer:Alice Walker, Menno Meyjes

Description: Epic drama of an African-American woman's struggle to overcome poverty, adversity, and a marriage to brutal husband and eventually find her dignity in a period that spans over forty years from the turn-of-the-century.

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