Top Billed Cast
Danny Glover
Albert
Whoopi Goldberg
Celie
Margaret Avery
Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey
Sofia
Willard E. Pugh
Harpo
Akosua Busia
Nettie
Desreta Jackson
Young Celie
Adolph Caesar
Old Mr.
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
James Tillis
Buster
Phillip Strong
Mayor
Laurence Fishburne
Swain
Peto Kinsaka
Adam
Lelo Masamba
Olivia
Margaret Freeman
Odessa
Howard Starr
Young Harpo
Daphaine Oliver
Young Olivia
Jadili Johnson
Young Adam
Lillian Njoki Distefano
Young Tashi
Donna Buie
Daisy
Leon Rippy
Store Clerk
John R. Hart
Mailman
David Thomas
Road Gang Leader
Carrie Murphy
Loretta
Juliet Poe
Church Sister
Katie Simon
Church Sister
Ethel Taylor
Church Sister
Marcus Covington
Boy
Marcus Liles
Boo
April Myers
Emma
Maurice Moore
Child #1
Lechanda Latharp
Child #2
Drew Bundini Brown
Jook Joint Patron
Arnold F. Turner
Jook Joint Patron
Jeris Poindexter
Jook Joint Patron
Hawthorne James
Jook Joint Patron
Sonny Terry
Jook Joint Musician
Greg Phillinganes
Jook Joint Musician
Roy Gaines
Jook Joint Musician
Paulinho da Costa
African Musician
Nana Yaw Asiedu
African Musician
Clarence Avant
African Musician
Bayo Martin
African Musician
Ndugu Chandler
African Musician
Jeffrey Kwashi
African Musician
Pete Munzhi
African Musician
Aniijia Rae Schockley
African Musician
Maria Howell
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Gayle King
Church-goer (uncredited)
Social
Review 1DiscussionA review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on Thu Jan 12 2023
Media
Videos 9Backdrops 19Posters 75Recommendations
- 1997-12-10
Amistad70%
- 1979-12-14
194158%
- 1986-11-21
An American Tail67%
- 2011-09-08
Le Havre70%
- 2008-10-01
Religulous70%
- 1985-06-14
Prizzi's Honor64%
- 2018-02-07
So Help Me God73%
- 2001-08-30
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand70%
- 1988-09-02
Eight Men Out69%
- 1987-04-17
Project X63%
- 1958-03-12
Les Misérables72%
- 2010-07-08
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done60%
- 2008-11-28
Just a Father67%
- 1947-01-30
Odd Man Out73%
- 2020-05-12
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend65%
- 2019-06-12
Zombi Child62%
- 2009-10-15
The Purple Sea66%
- 2010-12-06
Sundays at Tiffany's65%
- 2016-04-16
Confirmation69%
- 1997-11-02
Cinderella65%
Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
15000000.00
Revenue
146300000.00
Keywords
- prison
- rape
- sibling relationship
- jazz
- southern usa
- africa
- empowerment
- adoption
- abusive father
- violent husband
- jazz singer or musician
- letter
- cynical
- incest
- angry
- aggressive
- desperate
- complex
- anxious
- cautionary
- sentimental
- antagonistic
- authoritarian
- callous
- celebratory
- condescending
- defiant
- harsh
- ominous