A much-abused black woman is separated from her children and her sister, and doomed to a life of virtual slavery at the hands of her brutish new husband on an impoverished farm in rural Georgia. Steven Spielberg's drama, based on Alice Walker's novel, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery and Willard E Pugh.

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.