‘The Color Purple’ Gets Streaming Date On Max
deadline.comWarner Bros. PIctures’ The Color Purple will make its streaming debut on Max on February 16. The Blitz Bazawule-directed musical adaptation stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P.
Henson, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Danielle Brooks. Adapted from the novel and Broadway musical, the film takes on the classic story of love and resilience.
Torn apart from her sister Nettie (Bailey) and her children, Celie (Barrino) faces many hardships in her life, including an abusive husband simply called Mister (Domingo).
With the support of sultry singer Shug Avery (Henson) and stand-her-ground stepdaughter Sofia (Brooks), Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.
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