Nearly 40 years following Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple became an 11-time Academy Award-nominated film, Hollywood is revisiting the Pulitzer Prize-winning story once again with the new 2023 reimagining. Ahead of the story moving audiences in movie theaters, one of The Color Purple’s stars, Corey Hawkins, opened up about how experiencing the film alongside his father was a powerful moment for him.
When The Color Purple cast came together a day after the premiere for a press conference, which CinemaBlend was in virtual attendance for, Corey Hawkins broke down in tears when he was asked about how the movie may have been “healing” for him. Here’s what he had to say:
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