‘The Color Purple’ Artisans Explain How a Giant, 22-Foot Gramophone Helped Transport Audiences Into Celie’s Imagination

“The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule hesitated to take on the latest incarnation of Alice Walker’s sacred text. However, when he revisited the book, the first line (“Dear God, I’m 14 years old”) struck him as a way to navigate a familiar story and “keep expanding Celie’s imagination.” In the new musical movie adaptation, as […]