Monday Night Movie: "The Color Purple"

Darien Library presents a new weekly program: Monday Night at the Movies!

This week we are showing “The Color Purple.”

“Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery, as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.”– Block Thirty Seven

Director: Blitz Bazawule

Year: 2023

Starring: Fantasia Barrino as Celie Harris-Johnson, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as young Celie, Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery, Danielle Brooks as Sofia, Colman Domingo as Albert "Mister" Johnson, Corey Hawkins as Harpo Johnson, H.E.R. as Mary "Squeak" Agnes, Halle Bailey as Nettie Harris, Ciara as older Nettie, Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol' Mister Johnson, Jon Batiste as Grady.

This movie is 2 hours and 21 minutes and is rated PG-13 (for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence, and language).

Watch the official trailer.

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