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Directed By: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Margaret Avery

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Year: (1985)
MPAA: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Overview: A black Southern woman (Whoopi Goldberg) struggles to find her identity after suffering years of abuse from her father and others over 40 years.

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Cast And Crew

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	Celie
Danny Glover	Albert
Margaret Avery	Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey	Sofia
Willard E. Pugh	Harpo
Adolph Caesar	Old Mister
Akosua Busia	Nettie
Desreta Jackson	Young Celie

Rae Dawn Chong	Squeak
Dana Ivey	Miss Millie
Leonard Jackson	Pa
Bennet Guillory	Grady
John Patton Jr.	Preacher
Carl Anderson	Reverend Samuel
Susan Beaubian	Corrine

Crew

Steven Spielberg	Director
Peter Guber	Executive Producer
Jon Peters	Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg	Producer
Frank Marshall	Producer

Kathleen Kennedy	Producer
Quincy Jones	Producer
Alice Walker	Writer
Menno Meyjes	Writer

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