![]() start shooting in Georgia next month, Winfrey predicts that The Color Purple will change their lives, as it once did hers. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Halle Bailey, Corey Hawkins, and H.E.R. When Fantasia Taylor, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Winfrey strikes those same jubilant tones as she unveils for Vanity Fair the full cast of actors who will bring The Color Purple musical to the big screen for its latest incarnation. Joy, love, and hope are also interwoven throughout-the lifelines these women cling to amidst the gale-force brutality. It all originates from Alice Walker’s classic 1982 novel about Black women from the rural South during the early part of the last century, trying to survive and thrive under unspeakable, ever-present cruelties. Those are the exact words she uses to describe the upcoming film based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical, which was based on the 1985 Steven Spielberg movie that gave the media icon her first big acting break. ![]() “This ain’t your mama’s Color Purple,” says Oprah Winfrey. ![]()
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