The Pulitzer prize winning novel by Alice Walker was produced as a film a mere three years after it was first published.
Links:
Resources page about the novel, prepared by Catherine Lavender for History 192 (Women's History and Feminist Theory) from the College of Staten Island (New York City).
Trailer for the film (from Warner Brothers).
The Color Purple, Musical Comedy from Broadway and now on tour (www.colorpurple.com).