https://youtu.be/Hj17Wn2AYlg
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Writer(s): Pratibha Parmar
Starring: Robert L. Allen, Tony Brown, Angela Davis, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Jewelle Gomez, Peter Guber, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Quincy Jones, Martin Luther King, Melvyn R. Leventhal, Yoko Ono, Arisika Razak, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Steven Spielberg, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Fred Walker, James Walker, Evelyn White, Oprah Winfrey, Howard Zinn
Synopsis: This film tells the compelling story of an extraordinary woman’s journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the twentieth Century.Walker made history as the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for her groundbreaking novel, The Color Purple. A universal story of triumph against all odds not that different from Walker’s own. Born, the eight child of sharecroppers, her early life unfolded in the midst of violent racism and poverty during some of the most turbulent years of social/political changes in the U.S. The film offers a penetrating look at the life and art of an artist, a self confessed renegade and human rights activist.
Release Date: May 31, 2013 (USA) | Length: 84 min | Genre: Biography, History | MPAA Rating: NR
Note: Premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2013. I need to see this documentary to better identify people.