Completing the cycle from book to movie to musical to movie musical, “The Color Purple” lands on screen with its vibrant colors intact, opening up the musical numbers for the screen and ...

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 ...

The brunch series, dedicated to uplifting, supporting, and expanding Black Excellence, ascended to new heights with a screening and fireside chat with the director and core cast of the film.

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 ...