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The Color Purple Musical Movie Casts King Richard's Aunjanue Ellis
The Color Purple musical movie casts King Richard star Aunjanue Ellis. Originally a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, The Color Purple was published in 1982 and soon adapted into a successful feature film in 1985, directed by Steven Spielberg. Following the lives and struggles of a group of African-American women living in the deep south during the 1900s, the novel (and movie) received critical acclaim for exploring topics such as race relations, poverty, class, sexism, and more. In 2018, it was announced that a film adaptation of the musical version was in development, and that Spielberg would produce.
