Monday, July 09, 2012

Old Bridge Library: Free Movie Friday: The Color Purple

Friday, July 13 at 1:30 p.m. Starring: Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. Author Alice Walker’s intimate story of suffering, endurance, and triumph is set in early 20th century rural South. Celie Johnson (Whoopi Goldberg) is a browbeaten, much abused, nearly illiterate black farm girl who, over the course of 40 years grows into a woman of self-assurance and wit, a  woman with her own dreams and identity. Rated PG, 155 minutes, 1985.

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