The Color Purple (2023 film)

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film musical drama film

The Color Purple (2023 film) is a musical drama adaptation of the Broadway stage musical and Alice Walker’s novel, reimagining the story of Celie and her community in early 20th-century America with a focus on music, resilience, and Black womanhood.

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Label Occurrences
The Color Purple (2023 film) canonical 7
Mister in The Color Purple (2023 film) 1
The Color Purple (2023 film adaptation of the musical) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical drama film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Color Purple (Broadway revival) ⓘ
surface form: The Color Purple (musical)

The Color Purple (novel) ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial Alice Walker ⓘ
basedOn The Color Purple (Broadway revival) ⓘ
surface form: The Color Purple (musical)

The Color Purple (novel) ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creativeOrigin Broadway stage musical adaptation ⓘ
literary adaptation ⓘ
depicts gender-based violence ⓘ
personal transformation ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
followsCharacter Celie Johnson ⓘ
surface form: Celie

Nettie ⓘ
Shug Avery ⓘ
Sofia ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
hasMusicalElement Broadway-style musical sequences ⓘ
song-and-dance numbers ⓘ
hasPerspective Black feminist perspective ⓘ
hasTheme family ⓘ
female empowerment ⓘ
love between women ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
survival ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black womanhood ⓘ
domestic abuse ⓘ
racism in the United States ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
sisterhood ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
narrativeFocus life of Celie Harris ⓘ
narrativeForm coming-of-age story ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
partOfFranchise The Color Purple franchise ⓘ
portrays African-American community in the early 1900s ⓘ
Black women’s resilience ⓘ
healing and reconciliation ⓘ
intergenerational trauma ⓘ
settingPlace Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
settingTime early 20th century ⓘ
targetAudience fans of Alice Walker’s work ⓘ
fans of musical theatre ⓘ
general audience ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Colman Domingo → notableWork → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
Colman Domingo → workOn → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
Celie Johnson → adaptedIn → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Color Purple (2023 film adaptation of the musical)
Fantasia Barrino → notableWork → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
Danielle Brooks → notableWork → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
Danielle Brooks → partOfCastOf → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
The Color Purple (novel) → adaptedAs → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: The Color Purple
Colman → notableWork → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Colman Domingo
Colman → notableRole → The Color Purple (2023 film) ⓘ
subject surface form: Colman Domingo
this entity surface form: Mister in The Color Purple (2023 film)