The musical depicts the lives of African American families and relationships in early twentieth-century Georgia. The triumph-over-adversity story told the decades-spanning tale of a black woman named Celie, who grows up in intense poverty in the American South and endures harsh treatment from her stepfather, husband and others in her life, which tests her faith in God and humankind.













Blitz Bazawule (Director)
Adam Fell (Producer)
Quincy Jones (Producer)
Steven Spielberg (Producer)

Alice Walker (Producer)
Marcus Gardley (Writer)
Mark Anthony Little (1st Assistant Director)
Dan Laustsen (Cinematographer)
Bernard Telsey (Casting Director)

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