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The Color Purple

Summary: A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.
Runtime: 2 h 34 min
MPAA: PG-13

Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 15,000,000
Domestic: $ 98,467,863
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1910s1920s1930sabuseactress shares last name with characteradopted daughteradoptionafrican american protagonistafrican american womanarranged marriageassaultatonementattempted rapebar fightbare chested malebased on novelbirthbisexual womanblack americanblack eyeblack womanblockbusterboutiquechild bridechild pregnancychildbirthchristmaschurchcolor in titlecursing someonedeath of stepfatherdomestic violencedragged along the grounddriving lessondrunkennesseasterescapeevil manf ratedface slapfamily christmasfamily reunionfarmfarmerfather daughter estrangementfather daughter incestfather daughter reconciliationfather son relationshipfemale friendshipfemale missionaryfemale protagonistfemale singerfield of wildflowersflowersfriendship between womenfront porchfuneralgeneral storegeorgia usagrandfatherhand clapping gamehandbillhidden lettershiding place under a floorboardhit in the facehoochhorse drawn wagonhorseback ridingilliteracyimmigrantimplied incestinheritanceintercepted letterjuke jointkitchenlesbian kissmailboxmailmanmaking amendsman and woman in love with the same womanmarital rapemarital separationmementomirrormisogynymistressmother child reunionnude photographphysical abusepianopovertyprayerpulitzer prize sourcepurplerace relationsracial discriminationracial injusticeracial mistrustracial prejudiceracial slurracial tensionracismrainstormrazor strapreading a letter aloudreading old lettersreference to africareference to slaveryrelease from prisonrepatriationrepressionriver raftroadhouserural settingself discoveryself transcendenceself worthseparation from familyserfdomsewingsex scenesexismsexistsexual abusesexual discriminationsexual repressionsingersister sister relationshipsister sister reunionsister sister separationsong dedicationspousal abusestereotypestraight razorstudentsubjugationteen mothertennesseeterrorismthree word titletimeframe 1900stimeframe 1910stimeframe 1920stimeframe 1930stitle spoken by charactertraintranscendenceunfaithful husbandunhappy marriageviolence against a womanvoice over narrationwedding ceremonywidowerwife abusewife beatingwoman beatenwoman in a bathtubwoman punches a manwoman shaves a manwood stoveyear 1909younger version of character
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