Published in 1982, purple color is Alice Walker’s book, inspired by her own life, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Three years later, Steven Spielberg made it into a movie and received eleven Oscar nominations. In 2005, the work spawned a musical on Broadway that won Tony and Grammy Awards. At the beginning of 2024, this is the new version that the audience can discover in theaters.
Successor to Whoopi Goldberg
The Color Purple by Blitz Bazawule is a transposition of the show on the big screen, incorporating song and dance scenes and dialogue scenes. This new film is produced by Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones – all of whom starred in the 1985 version – joined by Scott Sanders, writer of the Broadway show.
The feature film tells the story of Sally, a young African-American woman, a victim of violence, in search of emancipation in segregated Georgia after the Civil War. Starring Whoopi Goldberg in the 1985 drama, the character is now played by Fantasia Barrino in her first film.
Fantasia Barino in the movie “The Color Purple”
American Idol winner
However, he is not unknown across the Atlantic, as in 2004, at the age of 19, he won the third season of the talent show. American idol – American equivalent new star. After this victory, he signed with a record company and released his first album. I am free, in the same year, which met with great success. The first two singles I believe and the truth, is at the top of sales. Since then, he has released six other albums and collected the title bitterGrammy Award for Best R&B Female Vocalist in 2011.
In 2007, he crossed paths with Celie for the first time, playing her in the Broadway adaptation until 2008, when it toured the US two years later.
at the premiere of “The Color Purple” in Los Angeles
After more than ten years, he returned to the role in the cinema, without fear: “I think it’s the fear that makes you push yourself. Without that feeling, without that fear, you don’t give up and you do your best. I knew I could play Celie because I’ve played that role before and I knew I could do it, But I didn’t know if I wanted to delve into certain memories and emotions. I love flax and I also try to keep myself, so much so that I took the fear and put it on and this is the result!”
It can be said that her efforts paid off: for her film debut, Fantasia Barrino was nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
Taraji P. Henson presents The Color Purple, currently in theaters:
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