A new trailer has been released for the musical film The Color Purple, based on the 1982 novel by Alice Walker and the musical stage play. Steven Spielberg directed the original film adaptation in 1985, which starred Oprah Winfrey. Both Spielberg and Winfrey are executive producers on this new project, which was helmed by Blitz Bazawule (Black Is King, The Burial of Kojo).
The musical drama stars Taraji P. Henson as Shrug Avery, Danielle Brooks as Sofia, Colman Domingo as Mister, Corey Hawkins as Harpo, H.E.R. as Squeak, Halle Bailey as young Nettie, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Mama, Louis Gossett Jr. as Mister Johnson, David Alan Grier as Rev. Samuel, Deon Cole as Alfonso, Tamela J. Mann as First Lady, Jon Batiste as Grady, Stephen Hill as Buster, Elizabeth Marvel as Miss Millie, and Fantasia Barrino as Celie in her major motion picture debut.
The film centers around the extraordinary sisterhood of three women who share one unbreakable bond. It follows Celie and other African-American women in the Southern United States in the 1930s and their struggles with racism and living in the lower social class. Celie also struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from various men in her life over the years.
Check out the fantastic new trailer, and watch The Color Purple musical when it’s released in theaters on December 25th.
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