This new Blitz Bazawule adaptation of the successful Broadway musical (based on Alice Walker's 1982 novel of the same name) stars Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery. Fantasia Barrino, who rose to stardom on American Idol, is making her screen debut as Celie. The multi-talented Danielle Brooks (Sofia) and Jon Batiste (Grady), former Juilliard classmates, also star. Scott Sanders and Oprah Winfrey, who produced the original stage musical, produced with Steven Spielberg and Quincy Jones. The film has received multiple nominations from the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes.
