Based on Alice Walker s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel the Color Purple is a richly-textured powerful film set in America s rural south. Whoopi Goldberg winner of the Best Actress Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination makes a triumphant screen debut as the radiant indomitable Celie the story s central character. Her impressive portrayal is complimented by a distinguished cast that includes Danny Glover Oprah Winfrey Margaret Avery Adolph Caesar Rae Dawn Chong and Akosua Busia.