What is the point of the movie The Color Purple?

The Color Purple exposes African American female narratives and identities through Celie Harris’s life of abuse in a sexist and racist society and how her empowering relationships with sister Nettie, friend Shug, and relative Sofia drive her towards self acceptance and independence.

Is The Color Purple a good film?

It is a great, warm, hard, unforgiving, triumphant movie, and there is not a scene that does not shine with the love of the people who made it. The film is based on the novel by Alice Walker, who told Celie’s story through a series of letters, some never sent, many never received, most addressed to God.

Is The Color Purple historically accurate?

Though The Color Purple is a historical novel, it never refers to any factual events. There are no dates, little sense of the passage of time, and very few mentions of characters’ ages.

What happens at the end of The Color Purple movie?

The Color Purple(1985) * Shug, eventually, reconciles with her preacher father (Carl Anderson). * Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) shows herself more open and forgiving to Harpo (Willard Pugh), and he also decides to take her back.

Did color purple win any Oscars?

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – DramaNAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature FilmBlue Ribbon Award for Best Foreign Film
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What was Shug Avery sick with?

Shug Avery is sick, likely due to a sexually transmitted disease, and no one in the town will take her in. Both her mother and father say that Shug’s promiscuity has gotten her what she deserves. Mr.

How many kids did Celie?

Celie bears two children to Alphonso, both of whom he takes away. Celie believes that he has killed them both, but discovers later that they have been given away for fostering. Celie’s mother dies and Alphonso rejects Celie and begins to show sexual interest in Nettie instead. Celie swears to protect her sister.

Do Celie and Shug sleep together?

On the night that Shug and Celie first sleep together while their husbands are away, Celie tearfully confesses to Shug that her own father was the father of her babies. Shug tells Celie that she loves her, and her comfort soon turns physical. The two women allow their friendship to become sensual.