Warner Bros. has released a new featurette for their film adaptation of the 2005 Tony-winning Broadway stage musical “The Color Purple” which is slated to hit cinemas on December 25th.
Cast and producers, including Oprah Winfrey, Halle Bailey, Taraji P. Henson and others, appear in the clip to discuss what the audience can expect with this modern twist on the story.
The musical itself is based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was previously translated to the screen in 1985 by Steven Spielberg.
The novel tells the story of the struggles of a Black southern woman over four decades during the early 1900s. Nettie (Halle Bailey) and Celie (Phylicia Mpasi) are two young sisters who find themselves constantly dreaming about having a new life, one outside the daily discrimination and injustice they face, which allows them to go after what they want and feel like they belong.
Bailey, Henson, Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Ciara, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Louis Gossett Jr., and David Alan Grier star in the film.
Blitz Bazawule (“Beyonce: Black is King”) directs the project whilst Marcus Gardley penned the script.
