For many Black children, seeing themselves represented on screen was, and continues to be, a rarity. That’s why Black female cartoon characters have had such a profound impact. They not only ...

The classic story follows Celie, a Black woman in the South in the early 1900s who is abused physically, emotionally and sexually by her father and then by her husband. Along with themes of gender ...

When the first “Color Purple” film came out in 1985 starring Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery and Danny Glover, it was met with heavy criticism by prominent Black advocacy ...

Setting a new bar for film musicals, the 2023 cinematic adaptation of The Color Purple shattered records with its box office earnings, generating more in its opening weekend than recent Broadway ...