The Color Purple (15) 154 mins

News Update: Alice Walker is no longer attending Happy Soul Festival, but the screening of The Color Purple will still be screened as per details below. More Info

Spielberg's adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel shows the challenges faced by many African American women during the early 1900s. This is the heart-rending story of Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), a poor and uneducated Black woman who is abused at a young age. By the time she is 14, she has already had two children by her father, who takes them away from her at childbirth. He forces Celie to marry local widower Albert, who treats her like a slave. But Celie's life is slowly transformed as she finds self-worth through the love and support of two strong female companions.

Screening followed by Q&A with author Alice Walker, interviewed by Bonnie Greer

Thursday 29 April, 6.30pm - Odeon Wimbledon